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File #: ID 25-863    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/9/2025 In control: Pending Approval
On agenda: 6/18/2025 Final action: 6/18/2025
Title: Consideration of Annexation Application No. P21-05778; Pre-zone Application No. P21-05870; Development Permit Application No. P23-00149; and related Environmental Assessment No. P21-05778/P21-05870/P23-00149 for ?80.91 acres of property located on the west side of South Cherry Avenue between East North and East Central Avenues (Council District 3) - Planning and Development Department. 1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Environmental Assessment No. P21-05778/P21-05870/P23-00149 dated May 22, 2025, for the proposed project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and 2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Annexation Application No. P21-05778 (for the North-Cherry No. 3b Reorganization) proposing incorporation of the subject properties within the City of Fresno; and detachment from the Kings River Conservation District and Fresno County Fire Protection District; and 3. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City C...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Vicinity Map, 2. Exhibit B - Aerial Map, 3. Exhibit C - Fresno General Plan Land Use & Zoning Map, 4. Exhibit D - Project Information Tables, 5. Exhibit E - Public Hearing Notice Radius Map (1,000 feet), 6. Exhibit F - Proposed Pre-Zone Exhibit, 7. Exhibit G - Proposed Annexation Exhibit, 8. Exhibit H - Operational Statement [3-2-2023], 9. Exhibit I - Exhibits (Site Plan, Elevations, Floor Plan, & Landscape Plan) [4-5-2024], 10. Exhibit J - Neighborhood Meeting Information, 11. Exhibit K - Conditions of Approval [6-18-2025], 12. Exhibit L - Comments and Requiremnets from Responsible Agenices, 13. Exhibit M - Figure IM-1 of the Fresno General Plan, 14. Exhibit N - Environmental Assessment P21-05778/P21-05870/P23-00149 [5-22-2025], 15. Exhibit O - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 16. Supplemental Exhibit P - Public Comment Received, 17. Supplemental Exhibit Q - Staff Presentation
REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION



June 18, 2025


FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning and Development Department

ASHLEY ATKINSON, AICP, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department

THROUGH: PHILLIP SIEGRIST, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

BY: JUAN LARA, Planner III
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
Title
Consideration of Annexation Application No. P21-05778; Pre-zone Application No. P21-05870; Development Permit Application No. P23-00149; and related Environmental Assessment No. P21-05778/P21-05870/P23-00149 for ?80.91 acres of property located on the west side of South Cherry Avenue between East North and East Central Avenues (Council District 3) - Planning and Development Department.

1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Environmental Assessment No. P21-05778/P21-05870/P23-00149 dated May 22, 2025, for the proposed project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and

2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Annexation Application No. P21-05778 (for the North-Cherry No. 3b Reorganization) proposing incorporation of the subject properties within the City of Fresno; and detachment from the Kings River Conservation District and Fresno County Fire Protection District; and

3. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Pre-zone Application No. P21-05870, requesting authorization to amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Fresno to pre-zone the subject property from the Fresno County AL 20 (Limited Agricultural) zone district (?51.72 acres) to the City of Fresno IH (Heavy Industrial) zone district ( ?15.95 acres) and ; and City of Fresno IH/ANX (Heavy Industrial/Annexed Rural Residential Transitional Overly) zone district (?35.77 acres) in accordance with the Annexation Application; and

4. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Development Permit Application No. P23-00149, requesting autho...

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