REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
October 19, 2017
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
THROUGH: DAN ZACK, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: DREW WILSON, Planner
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT:
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***BILL NO. B-56 - (Intro. 10/12/2017) (For adoption) - Approving Text Amendment Application No. TA-17-007 amending subsection F of Section 15-2009, and subsection I of Section 15-2010 of the Fresno Municipal Code pertaining to the indemnification of security and electric fences (Subject to Mayor's veto)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Consider Text Amendment Application No. TA-17-007 and related environmental finding pertaining to the indemnification of security and electric fences:
1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment No. TA-17-007, an environmental finding approving a Finding of No Possibility pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines.
2. BILL - (For introduction) Approving Text Amendment Application No. TA-17-007 amending subsection F of Section 15-2009, and subsection I of Section 15-2010 of the Fresno Municipal Code.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Text Amendment Application No. TA-17-007 was initiated by City Council Resolution 2017-909 on June 22, 2017. The Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) currently requires property owners to execute a covenant to indemnify the City prior to installation of a security or electric fence. The purpose of this text amendment is to allow the owner of the fence to execute an indemnification agreement with the City in place of a covenant.
BACKGROUND
Existing Development Code
The FMC currently requires that prior to the installation of security or electric fences, the property owner must obtain a permit and execute a covenant to indemnify the City against all claims relating to the fencing.
Proposed Development Code Changes
As mentioned above, the Fresno City Council, by reso...
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