REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
March 5, 2025
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, Director
Planning & Development Department
THROUGH: PHILLIP SIEGRIST, Planning Manager
Planning & Development Department
BY: RALPH KACHADOURIAN, Supervising Planner
Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT
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CONTINUED FROM FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Consideration of Text Amendment Application No. P23-03472 and related environmental determination, amending Section 15-6703 and Article 68 of the Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) relating to Hospitals and Sub-Acute Care Facilities and Terms and Definitions.
1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council), of the environmental determination that Text Amendment Application No. P23-03472 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council), of Text Amendment Application No. P23-03472, to amend Section 15-6703 and Article 68 of the FMC to define a Sub-Acute Care Facility and to include Sub-Acute Care Facilities in the description for Hospitals.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Text Amendment Application No. P23-03472 was filed by Dr. Justice Otchere, MD, of North Pointe Surgery Center, for the purpose of allowing medically-related long-term care in a facility meeting the definition of a Sub-Acute Care Facility. The Text Amendment application proposes to add Sub-Acute Care Facility as a new term and definition under Article 68 of the FMC, and identify a Sub-Acute Care Facility as an ancillary facility to be included in the sub-classification of Hospital under Section 15-6703 FMC.
BACKGROUND
Dr. Justice Otchere, MD, of North Pointe Surgery Center, filed Text Amendment Application No. P23-03472 for the purpose of allowing medically-related long-term care in a facility meeting the definition of a Sub-Acute Care Facility.
Article 67 of the FMC includes use classifications that describe one or more uses of land having similar cha...
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