Fresno's massive new Costco is on hold: 'I'm very concerned'

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Plans for the monolithic caller Costco successful northwest Fresno are connected clasp aft a justice ruled successful favour of a suit that said existent plans did not conscionable biology standards and zoning laws.

The 220,000-square-foot Costco warehouse was acceptable to see 32 state pumps and a car wash. It was besides expected to regenerate the aging West Shaw Avenue location. The task was enactment connected clasp aft the Herndon Riverside Coalition for Responsible Community Planning filed a lawsuit.

The radical argued that the city’s support process violated municipal zoning laws and failed to nutrient an capable Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer expressed disappointment with the ruling, saying the metropolis is present reviewing its ineligible options.

"We're disappointed successful that determination and present we're regrouping arsenic a metropolis and deciding what our ineligible options are," Dyer said.

Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi, who represents District 2 wherever the caller Costco would beryllium located, voiced concerns that the retailer could wantonness the task altogether.

"I'm precise acrophobic Costco whitethorn not privation to enactment successful Fresno. That’s wherefore I privation to marque it wide we are not conscionable going to rotation over. We are going to propulsion back," Karbassi said.

Karbassi besides raised concerns astir the fiscal load connected taxpayers if the task collapses.

As portion of the statement approved by the metropolis assembly past year, Costco had committed to backing a fig of section infrastructure upgrades.

"You would person this way each the mode to the river, a paved motorcycle way for folks, and Herndon Avenue wholly redone successful this section," Karbassi said.

Dan Waterhouse, vice seat of the Herndon-Riverside Coalition, issued a connection successful effect to the tribunal ruling, saying that the City present has an accidental to hole their faulty work.

We invited immoderate informed nationalist statement successful beforehand of the metropolis assembly successful the future.

Dan Waterhouse, vice seat of the Herndon-Riverside Coalition

At this time, determination is nary wide timeline for erstwhile the metropolis volition revisit the Costco proposal.