A proposal for a 2.45-acre storage faculty site in the vacant field north of Shaw Avenue and west of Laverne Avenue in Clovis has been submitted to Clovis’s planning commission.
CRAIG KOHLRUSS
ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
Clovis will repurpose a 2.45-acre parcel of land on Shaw Avenue that has been vacant for nearly half a century for use as a storage facility.
The vacant property, located north of Shaw Avenue between Fowler and Laverne avenues, was originally designated for office use, according to Clovis’s Shaw Avenue Specific Plan established in 1978. But the Planning Commission will discuss rezoning the property to allow for the construction of a storage facility at its 6 p.m. Thursday meeting.
The city’s plan for Shaw Avenue was designed to prevent it from becoming a continuation of the linear commercial style prevalent west of Clovis Avenue, according to the staff report. Sites along Shaw Avenue were generally prohibited from uses such as drive-throughs, restaurants, and retail, the report said.
The location has remained underdeveloped since the adoption of the Specific Plan in 1978, said Marissa Parker, the city’s associate planner.
“This is likely caused by the development limitations imposed by the Specific Plan and a lack of market demand for office uses,” Parker said in a commission report. “As the market demands change, it is appropriate to consider allowing land uses that reflect the current demand.”
The proposed construction will be a two-story self-storage facility with a total gross floor area of approximately 113,576 square feet, including sales office, interior-access units, and drive-up units, according to a document submitted to the Planning Commission. The site will include 11 parking spaces.
In recent years, Clovis has amended the Specific Plan and rezoned multiple parcels of land along Shaw Avenue to accommodate commercial development, Parker said.
As early as 1999, the city council modified the Specific Plan to permit drive-through uses for financial institutions. In 2005, a Walgreens pharmacy with a drive-through window was built at the southwest corner of Fowler and Shaw Avenues.
Over the last few years, a drive-through car wash and the Human Bean coffee kiosk were also constructed, prompting the Clovis City Council to approve an amendment to the Specific Plan to allow drive-through uses throughout Shaw Avenue.
A proposal for a 2.45-acre storage faculty site in the vacant field north of Shaw Avenue and west of Laverne Avenue in Clovis has been submitted to Clovis’s planning commission. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com 
A proposal for a 2.45-acre storage faculty site in the vacant field north of Shaw Avenue and west of Laverne Avenue in Clovis has been submitted to Clovis’s planning commission. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
This story was originally published March 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM.
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Leqi Zhong is the Clovis accountability/enterprise reporter for The Bee. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a Master’s degree in journalism. She joined The Bee in 2023 as an education reporter. Leqi grew up in China and is native in Cantonese and Mandarin.