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File #: ID 22-1595    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/6/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/13/2022 Final action: 10/13/2022
Title: Consideration of Development Code Text Amendment Application No. P22-02413 and related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P22-02413, amending Tables 15-1102, 15-1103, 15-1202, 15-1203, and Section 15-1104 of the Fresno Municipal Code and adding Section 15-1106 to the Fresno Municipal Code, and corresponding General Plan Text Amendment relating to mixed-use development: 1. ADOPT a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P22-02413 dated July 6, 2022, and recirculated on August 19, 2022, of a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(d) 2. BILL (for adoption) amending the Fresno Municipal Code, Tables 15-1102, 15-1103, 15-1202, 15-1203, and Section 15-1104 of the Fresno Municipal Code and adding Section 15-1106 and to the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to mixed-use development. 3. RESOLUTION (continued from September 29, 2022) Amending Chapter 3, the Urban Form, Land Use, and Design Element of the Fresno General Plan, Table 3-...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Project Location Map, 2. Exhibit B - Ordinance - Mixed Use Text Amendment (22-02413), 3. Exhibit C - Priority Areas for Development Incentives, 4. Exhibit D - General Plan Text Amendment No. P22-02413, 5. Exhibit E - Mixed Use Zoning Map, 6. Exhibit F - Zoning Height Limits, 7. Exhibit G - Proforma Comparing Existing & Proposed Densities, 8. Exhibit H - Environmental Assessment August 19, 2022, 9. Exhibit I - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 10. Exhibit J - Public Comment Letters, 11. Exhibit K - Planning Commission Resolution, 12. Exhibit L - Presentation, 13. Exhibit M - Ordinance Bill for Adoption as amended by Council Motion on September 29, 2022, 14. Exhibit N - Resolution Amendment the Fresno General Plan, Chapter 3, 15. Public Comment Supplement 10000#1 (ID 22-1595) 10-13-2022
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department

BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
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Consideration of Development Code Text Amendment Application No. P22-02413 and related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P22-02413, amending Tables 15-1102, 15-1103, 15-1202, 15-1203, and Section 15-1104 of the Fresno Municipal Code and adding Section 15-1106 to the Fresno Municipal Code, and corresponding General Plan Text Amendment relating to mixed-use development:
1. ADOPT a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P22-02413 dated July 6, 2022, and recirculated on August 19, 2022, of a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(d)
2. BILL (for adoption) amending the Fresno Municipal Code, Tables 15-1102, 15-1103, 15-1202, 15-1203, and Section 15-1104 of the Fresno Municipal Code and adding Section 15-1106 and to the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to mixed-use development.
3. RESOLUTION (continued from September 29, 2022) Amending Chapter 3, the Urban Form, Land Use, and Design Element of the Fresno General Plan, Table 3-1, and pages 3-41 and 3-42 consistent with the Development Code Text Amendment described above and as set forth in General Plan Text Amendment Application No. P22-02413

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RECOMMENDATION

Adoption of Environmental Assessment P22-02413 and approval of General Plan and Development Code Text Amendment No. P22-02413.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On October 14, 2020, the Fresno City Council unanimously adopted a budget motion proposed by Council Member Esparza to allocate $150,000 for an environmental assessment to analyze increasing the density in all zone districts that allow mixed-use: Neighborhood Mixed-use (NMX), Corridor/Center Mixed-use (CMX), Regional Mixed-use (RMX), Commercial-Regional (CR), and Commercial-Main Street (CMS); see Project Location Map, Exhibit A. The purpose of this motion...

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