Chris Ekk

The City of Clovis's 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan outlines a strategy for housing affordability and community development, serving as the fifth year of its Consolidated Plan. The plan focuses on four primary goals: improving affordable housing through rehabilitation and increasing multi-family units, fostering economic development by creating jobs for low-to-moderate-income individuals, enhancing public infrastructure and facilities for low-to-moderate-income residents and special needs populations, and providing public services for crime awareness, seniors, youth, special needs individuals, domestic violence survivors, and food pantry programs. These efforts are aimed at expanding affordable housing, creating suitable living environments, and broadening economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income persons.

The Clovis General Plan update serves as a guiding document for the city's long-term growth, development, and resource management over the next 20 years. It addresses critical areas such as land use, building locations, public facilities, open spaces, and community safety, encompassing both the city limits and the broader planning area within Fresno County. The plan aims to accommodate evolving laws, housing trends, and future innovations, ensuring it reflects community values and priorities to maintain the quality of life.

The committee meeting focused primarily on potential updates to the Land Use Map, specifically land use considerations. Key input included the importance of logical transitions between land uses, opportunities to add industrial lands, and how to develop dry creek flood control facilities into amenities. Discussion highlighted successful examples of flexible industrial zoning (Woodward industrial park) and suggested pivoting some MU-BC properties to industrial designation. The committee supported most parcel change requests but recommended closer scrutiny for specific applications (Numbers 17, 27, 12, and 36). Suggestions included planning for more LDR housing and addressing the needs of the growing senior population, including incorporating universal design and considering golf cart friendliness. Public comments reiterated the need to retain jobs-generating uses and plan for high-wage jobs through industrial development.

This report details the existing conditions related to land use and housing for the City of Clovis. It outlines the regulatory framework, including elements of the General Plan, various Specific Plans, Master Plans, Focus Areas, and Improvement Areas, all designed to guide growth and development. The document also provides a comprehensive overview of housing plans, including the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the 2023-2031 cycle and the city's Housing Element, along with ongoing planning projects. The overarching goal is to manage the city's ongoing growth, address housing needs, and preserve the quality of life for its residents.

This General Plan for the City of Clovis outlines various master and specific plans within its planning area and sphere of influence. It details land use designations, including agriculture, residential, commercial, open space, and public uses. The plan identifies General Plan Amendment Application Sites with existing and proposed land uses and their associated acreages. The document also tracks revisions, with the latest, Version 5, produced on January 13, 2026.