Costco\u2019s relocation from its original location on Shaw Ave. to northwest Fresno is back underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Fresno Planning Commission voted on Wednesday to recommend approval to the Fresno City Council of Costco\u2019s relocation to the northeast corner of Herndon Ave. and Riverside Dr.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The backstory: Costco has been trying to relocate to northwest Fresno for years, eventually gaining the approval of the Fresno City Council two years ago after addressing traffic concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But last year, a Fresno County judge ruled that the city did not meet state law when conducting the environmental impact review on the project. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by a group called the Herndon-Riverside Coalition for Responsible Community Planning, which claimed the city violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Under the ruling, the city is unable to move forward with the project until it produces a revised environmental impact review in compliance with CEQA.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The big picture: The city has prepared a revised greenhouse gas analysis and has presented detailed Fresno Municipal Code findings to the Planning Commission on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If Costco is ultimately allowed to relocate, the new location would sit on 22.4 acres and have a warehouse that spans 220,000 square feet, as well as 32 gas pumps and a car wash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What we\u2019re watching: The Fresno City Council will consider approving the plan on May 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What they\u2019re saying: \u201cI applaud the Planning Commission\u2019s recommendation to the City Council for approval of Costco,\u201d said Mayor Jerry Dyer. \u201cThis development represents a strong investment in Fresno\u2019s economy and continued business development.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Costco\u2019s relocation from its original location on Shaw Ave. to northwest Fresno is back underway.\u00a0 The Fresno Planning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-304837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}