REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
May 21, 2025
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
THROUGH: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department
BY: CASEY LAUDERDALE, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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Consideration of Development Code Text Amendment Application No. P25-00996 amending various sections of the Fresno Municipal Code pertaining to tiny houses on wheels, accessory dwelling units, manufactured homes, the RM-MH zone district, agricultural labor housing, and housing terminology; and corresponding General Plan Text Amendment amending Chapter 3 of the Fresno General Plan, Table 3-1: Citywide Standards for Density and Development Intensity.
1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council), of the environmental determination that Plan & Text Amendment Application No. P25-0096 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of the Development Code Text Amendment set forth by Application No. P25-00996, amending the following sections of the Fresno Municipal Code:
a. Section 15-2738, updating regulations pertaining to tiny houses on wheels (THOW) and design standards for manufactured homes;
b. Section 15-903, updating regulations pertaining to minimum density in the RM-MH zone district;
c. Sections 15-310, 15-802, 15-902, 15-1002, 15-1102, 15-1202, 15-1502, 15-2004, 15-2409, 15-2723, 15-2753, 15-2754, 15-4907, and 15-6702 of the Fresno Municipal Code, updating regulations pertaining to accessory dwellings units;
d. Sections 15-902, 15-1002, 15-1302, 15-1402, and 15-6707, updating regulations pertaining to where agricultural labor housing is permitted; and
e. Sections 15-107, 15-310, 15-313, 15-404, 15-405, 15-9, 15-901, 15-902, 15-903, 15-904, 15-906, 15-10, 15-1001, 15-1002, 15-1003, 15-1004, 15-1101, 15-1104, 15-1201, 15-1204,...
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