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Text Amendment Application No. P26-02730

Description

A city-initiated text amendment to allow attached single-unit homes and duplexes in the office zone district.

Impact summary

Provides property owners with greater flexibility to build different housing types on office-zoned land.

Applicant

Name: Planning and Development Department
Address: Citywide vacant or underutilized office-zoned parcels

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 1
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Planning Commission

Recommended approval5–0, unanimous

A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 21, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Oct 21, 2026Recommended approval 5–0

Planning Commission — October 21, 2026

A city-initiated text amendment to allow attached single-unit homes and duplexes in the office zone district.

Related issues (1)

Residential Infill and Housing Development Across Fresno

The city is updating its development code to allow fast-track, ministerial approvals for housing projects that include at least 20 percent affordable units on certain previously identified sites. This change helps Fresno meet state housing mandates and its own Housing Element commitments without adding new discretionary hurdles.

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