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File #: ID 25-1566    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/7/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/20/2025 Final action: 11/20/2025
Title: Consideration of Text Amendment Application No. P24-00794 and related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P24-00794, repealing Section 15-1106, amending Sections 15-1302, 15-4907, 15-5102, 15-6702, 15-6802 and adding Section 15-2742.5 of the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to additional standards. 1. ADOPTION of Mitigated Negative Declaration Sch No. 2024110662 for Text Amendment Application No. P24-00794. 2. ***BILL B-23 (Reintroduced as Amended November 6, 2025) (For Adoption), repealing Section 15-1106, amending Sections 15-1302, 15-4907, 15-5102, 15-6702, 15-6802 and adding Section 15-2742.5 of the Fresno Municipal Code relating to additional standards (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. 25-1566 Initiating Resolution, 2. 25-1566 - Ordinance, 3. 25-1566 - Planning Commission Resolution 13887, 4. 25-1566 - Public Notice, 5. 25-1566 - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 6. 25-1566 - Environmental Assessment (MND SCH No. 2024110662), 7. 25-1566 - Response to Comments, 8. 25-1566 - Map of Eligible Sites, 9. 25-1566 - Public Comments, 10. 25-1566 - Supplement Public Comment Packet – Redacted, 11. 25-1566 - District 2 Map Presented, 12. 25-1566 - Public Comment Packet – Redacted, 13. 25-1566- Public Comment Packet – Redacted, 14. 25-1566 - Supplemental Public Comment Packet, 15. 25-1566 - Presentation, 16. 2-J ID 25-1566 Public Comment - Supplement Packet_REDACTED, 17. 2-J ID 25-1566 Documents submitted by Council President
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


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

ASHLEY ATKINSON, AICP, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department

SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

BY: ADRIENNE ASADOORIAN-GILBERT, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department


SUBJECT
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Consideration of Text Amendment Application No. P24-00794 and related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P24-00794, repealing Section 15-1106, amending Sections 15-1302, 15-4907, 15-5102, 15-6702, 15-6802 and adding Section 15-2742.5 of the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to additional standards.
1. ADOPTION of Mitigated Negative Declaration Sch No. 2024110662 for Text Amendment Application No. P24-00794.
2. ***BILL B-23 (Reintroduced as Amended November 6, 2025) (For Adoption), repealing Section 15-1106, amending Sections 15-1302, 15-4907, 15-5102, 15-6702, 15-6802 and adding Section 15-2742.5 of the Fresno Municipal Code relating to additional standards (Subject to Mayor's Veto)

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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends approval of Text Amendment Application No. P24-00794 and related environmental assessment for Mitigated Negative Declaration Sch No. 2024110662, as amended by the City Council on November 6, 2025 repealing Section 15-1106, amending Sections 15-1302, 15-4907,15-5102, 15-6702, 15-6802, and adding Section 15-2742.5 of the Fresno Municipal Code, to permit:
1. Ministerial office-to-dwelling conversions in the Office (O) zone district,
2. Ministerial approval of multi-unit residential development in the RM-1, RM-2 and RM-3 zone districts on parcels within half mile of an existing bus stop,
3. Ministerial approval of multi-unit residential use in the NMX, CMX, RMX, CMS and CR zone districts on parcels within the City's Infill Priority Area, and
4. Ministerial approval of new residential uses on vacant or underutilized parcels located in the Office (O) Di...

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