Fresno's General Plan 2035 prioritizes transit-oriented development along Fresno Area Express corridors and around the future California High-Speed Rail downtown station, encouraging higher densities, mixed use, and reduced parking minimums.
The Fresno General Plan 2035 designates BRT corridors served by Fresno Area Express and the planned California High-Speed Rail station downtown as priority growth areas. Within these zones, the development code allows higher residential densities, ground-floor retail, reduced minimum parking ratios, and streamlined design review. The Fulton Corridor Specific Plan operationalizes these standards near the HSR station footprint. State laws including SB 9, AB 2097, and density-bonus rules layer additional flexibility. The strategy aims to concentrate growth near transit, cut driving emissions, and align with Climate Action Plan commitments.
Projects proposing low-density auto-oriented uses inside transit overlays may face general-plan-consistency challenges and require zone changes or extensive CEQA findings.
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Fresno Municipal Code section 10-107 prohibits creating noise on any street, sidewalk, or public place adjacent to a school, institution of learning, church,...
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Fresno Municipal Code section 10-105(c) expressly lists fans, pumps, air conditioning units, engines, turbines, compressors, generators, and motors among the...
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On residential property in Fresno, vehicles must be parked on a driveway, in a garage, or under a carport; parking on dirt, lawn, or landscaped areas is proh...
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Fresno has no city-specific cost-sharing rule for boundary fences, so California Civil Code Section 841 (the Good Neighbor Fence Act) controls: adjoining own...
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Fresno Municipal Code Section 15-2009 prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, ultra-barrier, and other hazardous fencing except in narrow situations such as lives...
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Fences over 3 feet generally must sit behind the front-yard setback for the zone (e.g., 13-35 ft in RS districts), and every corner lot must keep a 3-foot-hi...
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