- Property owners have filed a $100 million claim against the city of Fresno for changing their approved land use from industrial to mixed use.
- They say the city did not meet the terms of a deal when it took a $62,000 payment for environmental work from property owners.
- Property owners say the rezone has devalued their properties, made the buildings hard to sell, and made it difficult to find tenants.
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A group of landowners in southwest Fresno have filed a $100 million tort claim against the city, saying that not only did a zoning change devalue their properties, but the city took a $64,000 payment and did not meet the terms of the deal.
“At a time when the city of Fresno is staring down a $23.3 million budget deficit compounded by last week’s $15 million jury award for the city’s past practices of discrimination, now is not the time to tell productive, revenue-generating enterprises to ‘kick rocks.’ “ — Andrew Skanchy, the attorney representing two Fresno businesses…