REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
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 15-5102-E to the Fresno Municipal Code, and corresponding General Plan Text Amendment relating to mixed-use development:
1. ADOPT 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. APPROVE 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 15-5102-E to the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to mixed-use development, with staff corrections as recommended by Planning Commission on July 20, 2022
3. APPROVE General Plan Text Amendment Application No. P22-02413 amending Chapter 3, the Urban Form, Land Use, and Design Element of the Fresno General Plan, Table 3-1, and pages 3-41 and 3-42 consistent with the Development Code Text Amendment described above
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RECOMMENDATION
Planning Commission recommends that the City Council adopt Environmental Assessment P22-02413 and approve General Plan and Development Code Text Amendment No. P22-02413 with staff corrections.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 14, 2020, the Fresno City Council unanimously adopted a budget motion proposed by Council Member Esparza to allocate $150,000 for an environmental assessment to analyze increasing the density in all zone districts that allow mixed-use: Neighborhood Mixed-use (NMX), Corridor/Center Mixed-use (CMX), Regional Mixed-use (RMX), Commercial...
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