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Planning commission approves six‑lot Sky Ranch subdivision near Barstow and Veterans Boulevard
Summary
The Fresno City Planning Commission approved a tract map to create six single‑family lots on a 1.13‑acre parcel previously used as a stormwater basin. Staff recommended adoption of the environmental assessment and approval of the map; the commission approved the motion by voice vote.
The Fresno City Planning Commission approved a tract map to create six single‑family lots on a 1.13‑acre parcel near Barstow and Veterans Boulevard during its meeting.
City planning staff told the commission the site previously served as a temporary ponding basin and that a larger permanent basin recently was constructed west along Barstow, opening the site to development. Staff said the parcel was dedicated previously for future single‑family residential use and that the proposal—six lots on approximately 1.13 acres—yields a density of about 5.31 dwelling units per acre, which falls within the RS‑4 (medium‑low density) zone range of 3.5 to 6 units per acre. Staff recommended adoption of the environmental assessment and approval of the tract map.
Rene Escobedo, representing the developer, said the project will be marketed as Sky Ranch and will include six single‑family detached homes on the parcel before the commission and three additional homes on a separately approved parcel across the street. Escobedo said the homes are part of the builder’s new “Freedom Series,” will be offered as track homes (standard plans rather than custom houses), and will sit on home sites ranging roughly from just under 5,000 square feet up to about 7,500 square feet. “This would be considered a tracked home development,” Escobedo said. He estimated price ranges “somewhere between the 300s to 500s,” while cautioning that final pricing had not been set.
A commissioner complimented the neighborhood and Veterans Boulevard’s improved commute access, saying the infill development would help beautify an area previously occupied by a basin. After public comment was closed with no speakers for or against, Commissioner Shargill moved to approve the tract map; Commissioner Diaz seconded the motion. The chair called for voice vote—“all in favor say aye”—and the motion was approved by voice vote.
Clarifying details provided in the presentation and applicant remarks: the parcel’s size is approximately 1.13 acres; proposed lots total six and were described as “pie‑shaped” because of the parcel geometry; the RS‑4 district standards (lot size, setbacks, depth and area) were represented as in compliance with the proposal; Veterans Boulevard was identified as having a 30‑foot landscape setback requirement under the West Area community plan and Barstow (a collector) a 15‑foot setback requirement. The record shows staff did not route this project to an active District 2 project review committee because that committee was inactive.
The commission’s approval adopted staff’s recommendation and the environmental assessment; no conditions, vote tallies by individual commissioners, or roll‑call counts were recorded in the meeting transcript, which shows the item passed by voice vote.
