Documented by Josef Sibala
Here’s what you need to know:
- At the Jan. 26 Fresno County Planning Commission meeting, the commissioners approved to grant Nicholas Rowe a one-year time extension to allow the use of a “High Intensity Park” for the purpose of establishing a waterski club and events venue on an existing waterski lake near Belmont and Del Rey Avenues.
- The planning commission approved Steve Bains’ application to rezone a 16.89-acre parcel from the AL-20 (Limited Agricultural, 20- acre minimum parcel size) Zone District to an R-R (Rural Residential, two-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The item will be referred to the board of supervisors.
Follow-up question:
- What will be the board of supervisors’s decision on the rezone application?
The Scene
The Fresno County Planning Commission has jurisdiction, powers and duties to do all things related to local and area planning as may be conferred to it by the government code, or which has been delegated to it by the board of supervisors.
The commission’s duties include considering and approving applications for land subdivisions, variances and conditional use permits, as well as making recommendations to the board of supervisors on issues concerning zoning and the county’s general plan.
Fresno County Planning Commissioners present:
- Ken Abrahamian (Chairman)
- Glenda Hill (Vice Chair)
- Austin Ewell District 2
- Esther Carver District 3
- Kuldip Chatha District 4
- John Arabian District 5
- Lisa Woolf At Large
- Blake Zante At Large
- Vacant
Others Present:
- Nicholas Rowe
- Steve Bains
- Owen Hunter
- Joseph Ptthast
- Harkiran Kaur
- Jeremy Shaw
Discussions/Actions
- Consent agenda
1. The planning commission (6-0) approved the Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3686 – First One-Year Time Extension filed by Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe is proposing to grant a first one-year time extension to allow the use of a “High Intensity Park” for the purpose of establishing a waterski club and events venue on an existing waterskiing lake in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District.
The project site is located on the south side of Belmont Ave. approximately 2,000 feet east of Del Rey Ave, approximately two miles North of the City of Sanger (APN: 314-031-73 & 74) (505 W. Indianola Ave) (Sup. Dist. 5).
Regular agenda are as follows
1. The planning commission (6-0) approved the Amendment Application No. 3851 and Initial Study No. 8312 filed by Steve Bains
The application is proposing to rezone the subject 16.89-acre parcel from the AL-20 (Limited Agricultural, 20- acre minimum parcel size) Zone District to an R-R (Rural Residential, two-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District.
It will facilitate a future mapping procedure to create five parcels from the subject parcel that will each have a minimum parcel size of two acres.
Owen Hunter said that he bought the property in December 2021.
The project site is located on the southeast corner of E. Herndon Ave. and N. Highland Ave., approximately 0.8- miles north of the City of Clovis (APN: 308-280-63) (9045 E. Herndon Ave.) (Sup. Dist. 5).
The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2022, at 6 p.m. at City Hall Council Chambers, 2600 Fresno Street.
If you believe anything in these notes is inaccurate, please email us at fresnodocs@fresnoland.org with “Correction Request” in the subject line.