September 18, 2025 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Board of Supervisors Chambers - 8:45 AM
Fresno County Hall of Records, 3rd Floor
2281 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA
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Agenda - September 18, 2025(PDF, 63KB)
CONSENT - AGENDA
Item 1 - 2026 Planning Commission Hearing Calendar
Consider and adopt the 2026 Planning Commission Hearing Calendar.
Staff Report(PDF, 403KB)
REGULAR - AGENDA
Item 1 - PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Planning Commission on any matter within the Commission's jurisdiction and not on this Agenda.
Item 2 - INITIAL STUDY NO. 8631 and UNCLASSIFIED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3813 filed by DANNY SOZINHO proposing to allow a solid waste processing facility, consisting of four (4) Biofiltro wastewater processing beds, one (1) lift station, one (1) mechanical separator, one (1) weeping wall, and one (1) concrete wall to split an existing settling cell into two cells on the southern and eastern portions of an 159.68-acre parcel for an existing pre- October 23, 2007 dairy located within the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The subject parcel is located on the southwest corner of east Elkhorn Ave. and south Highland Ave., approximately 3.7-miles from the City limits of the City of Kingsburg (APN: 056-031-35s) (8486 E. Elkhorn Avenue) (Sup. Dist. 4).
Staff Report(PDF, 3MB)
Presentation (To be posted by 09/13/2025)
Item 3 - UNCLASSIFIED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. 3823 filed by TORO ENERGY OF CALIFORNIA AA, LLC proposing to amend Unclassified Conditional Use Permit No. 3762 which authorized the construction and operation of a landfill gas conditioning system (LFGCS), on an approximately two-acre portion of a 39.55 acre parcel, with the installation of two 1,980 kW power generators for treating raw landfill gas to a pipeline quality gas and an approximately 8-mile subsurface biomethane feeder pipeline connecting to a PG&E reception point. The current project proposes to increase the landfill gas production capacity from approximately 3,000 Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute (SCFM) to approximately 4,000 (SCFM); add a new blower at the front of the LFGCS; and allow two 2,667 Kilowatt containerized natural gas fueled generators replacing the previously approved 1,980 kilowatt generators, within the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural; 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The landfill site is located on the north side of American Avenue approximately 1,925 feet west of its intersection with Humboldt Avenue and 3.8 miles southwest of the City of Kerman. The Receipt Point facility site is located on the northwest corner of Manning Avenue and State Route 145 (S. Madera Avenue) approximately seven miles south of the City of Kerman (APNs: 020-210-35ST, 030-070-88S) (18950 W. American Ave.) (Sup. Dist. 1).
Staff Report(PDF, 8MB)
Presentation (To be posted by 09/13/2025)
Item 4 - INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEM:
Report from staff on prior Agenda Items, status of upcoming Agenda, and miscellaneous matters.
-Contact, Tawanda Mtunga (559) 600-4256, email: tmtunga@fresnocountyca.gov
Written Comments
Members of the public may submit written comments as follows: by email to PlanningCommissionComments@fresnocountyca.gov, by mail to the Clerk of the Planning Commission at 2220 Tulare Street, Sixth Floor, Fresno, CA 93721. Comments should be submitted as soon as possible but received no later than 8:30 am (15 minutes before start of meeting). You will need to provide the following information:
- Planning Commission Date
- Item Number
- Comments
- Please submit a separate e-mail for each item you are commenting on.
- Please be aware that public comments received that do not specify a particular agenda item will be made part of the record of proceedings as a general public comment.
- If a written comment is received after the start of the meeting it will be made part of the record of proceedings, provided that such comments are received prior to the end of the Planning Commission meeting. You will need to bring at least 15 copies of your written comments to make sure everyone gets a copy.
- Written comments will be provided to the Commission members. Comments received during the meeting may not be distributed to Planning Commission members until after the meeting has concluded.