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Planning commission hears plea from West Fresno residents over proposed six‑unit project; staff recommends approval
Summary
Staff recommended approval of conditional use permit P24‑O4502 for a six‑unit apartment project in West Fresno; residents told the commission they were not notified and raised affordability and displacement concerns while the applicant described previous privately affordable units and estimated prospective rents at $1,500–$1,600. The commission moved to take individual votes; the transcript does not record the outcome.
The Fresno Planning Commission on the record heard staff recommend adoption of environmental assessment and approval of conditional use permit P24‑O4502 for a proposed six‑unit apartment complex at the northwest corner of West Lemon and South Thorne Avenues.
Planner Matthew Woodward told commissioners the project would place three, three‑bedroom units in three buildings on a 0.51‑acre parcel in a residential medium‑density (RS‑5) zone within the neighborhood revitalization overlay district. He described required landscaping and screening — four trees along the northern property line, six trees along the west, a Type 1 landscape buffer where the site abuts single‑unit homes, a preexisting 30‑foot FID easement along Thorne Avenue, nine covered parking spaces and four visitor spaces — and recommended adoption of class 3 and class 32 exemptions and approval of conditional use permit P24‑O4502.
The project applicant, introduced…
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