Fresno County Planning Commission sets April 9 hearing on parcel split and almond facility expansion

Fresno County’s Planning Commission agenda for April 9 includes two land-use items with agricultural implications: a parcel split near Easton and a hearing on an almond processing facility expansion.

The county’s official agenda says Variance Application No. 4201 would create three 2.25-acre parcels from an existing 6.74-acre parcel at 5507 S. Cherry Ave. The site is near Easton.

The same agenda also lists Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3827 and Initial Study No. 8733 for an almond processing facility expansion. County and state filings describe the project as increasing annual processing capacity from 360 million pounds to 405 million pounds.

A CEQA filing and the county’s project review page both describe the same proposed capacity increase. Fresno County is listed as the lead agency for the environmental review.

The hearing puts a local land-use decision and a larger ag-processing proposal on the same day’s agenda. The Planning Commission has not yet taken action on either item, and the final outcome will depend on the April 9 meeting.

The agenda posting and related environmental documents make this a live county land-use story with clear permitting stakes for both the parcel split and the almond plant expansion.