REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
APRIL 17, 2024
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning & Development Department
THROUGH: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning & Development Department
BY: ADRIENNE ASADOORIAN-GILBERT, Planner
Planning & Development Department
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Consideration of Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018 and related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P23-01018, amending Section 15-2009 of the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to locations where razor wire fencing is permitted.
1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council), of a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P23-01018, that Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303/Class 3.
2. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council), of Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018, to amend Section 15-2009 of the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to the Zone Districts where razor wire fencing is permitted.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As a mechanism to provide additional security measures to businesses within areas where security fencing is permitted throughout the City of Fresno, the City of Fresno (Applicant) is proposing Text Amendment P23-01018 which would amend Section 15-2009, Security Fencing, of the Fresno Municipal Code to permit razor wire in the following situations: (1) where such fencing is required by any law or regulation of the City, the State of California, the federal government, or other public agency; (2) where used to contain livestock; (3) in Commercial Districts where not visible from any street, highway, public open space, recreation area, or Residential District; (4) in Industrial Districts unless it abuts a Residential District; and (5) Construction Sites as a temporary measure. Razor wire is further subject to the following location restrictions: razor wire shall be prohibited within 1,000 feet of any sensitive use such as Re...
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