REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
July 20, 2022
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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Consideration of Development Code Text Amendment Application No. P22-02413 and related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P22-02413, amending Tables 15-1102, 15-1103, 15-1202, 15-1203, 15-4907 and Section 15-1104 of the Fresno Municipal Code and adding Sections 15-1106 and 15-510-E to the Fresno Municipal Code, and corresponding General Plan Text Amendment relating to mixed use development:
1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council), of a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P22-02413 dated July 6, 2022, of a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(d)
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Development Code Text Amendment Application No. P22-02413, amending Tables 15-1102, 15-1103, 15-1202, 15-1203, 15-4907 and Section 15-1104 of the Fresno Municipal Code and adding Sections 15-1106 and 15-510-E to the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to mixed-use development
3. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of General Plan Text Amendment Application No. P22-02413 amending Chapter 3, the Urban Form, Land Use, and Design Element, Table 3-1, and pages 3-41 and 3-42 consistent with the Development Code Text Amendment described above
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
During the Budget Hearings in the fall of 2020, Councilmember Esparza made a motion for the hopper, seconded by Councilmember Soria and approved unanimously, "to allocate $150K for [a] focused EIR to assess increasing the density in all mixed use districts: CMS, CR, CMX, NMX, and RMX". As a part of the budget reconciliation and approved FY2021 budget, $150,000 was appropriated for this purpose. The included districts are: Neighborhood Mixed-use (NMX), Corridor/Center Mixed-use (CMX), Regional Mixed-use (RMX), Commercial-Regio...
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