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File #: ID19-11448    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/13/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/5/2019 Final action: 12/5/2019
Title: Actions pertaining to appeal from the Fresno City Planning Commission's decision concerning Development Permit Application No. P19-00359 and Variance Application No. P19-02282, located on the west side of North Howard Street between Herndon and Alluvial Avenues. (Council District 6) 1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment No. P19-00359 / P19-02282 dated August 7, 2019, a determination that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through a Class 3 Categorical Exemption; and, 2. APPROVE Development Permit Application No. P19-00359, which proposed to develop a 14-foot high by 48-foot wide digital LED, double-sided billboard; and, 3. Take one of the following actions: a. APPROVE Variance Application No. P19-02282, requesting to vary height standards to allow for an 86-foot tall, 14-foot high by 48-foot wide double-sided digital LED billboard. b. DENY Variance Application No. P19-02282, requesting to vary height standards to allow for an 86-foot tall,...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A – Vicinity Map, 2. Exhibit B – Planned Land Use and Zoning Map, 3. Exhibit C – Noticing Map, 4. Exhibit D – Project Information Tables, 5. Exhibit E – Conditions of Zoning, 6. Exhibit F – Site Plan, 7. Exhibit G – Photosimulations, 8. Exhibit H – Applicant-Supplied Findings, 9. Exhibit I – Conditions of Approval dated August 7, 2019, 10. Exhibit J – Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 11. Exhibit K – Environmental Assessment, 12. Exhibit L – Appeal Letter from Applicant, dated June 3, 2019, 13. Exhibit M – Appeal Letter from Councilmember Garry Bredefeld, dated October 10, 2019, 14. Additional Information - Billboard PowerPoint.pdf, 15. Additional Information - PowerPoint Presentation.pdf
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL



December 5, 2019


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

THROUGH: MIKE SANCHEZ, AICP, Assistant Director
Development Services Division

MARGO LERWILL, Supervising Planner
Development Services Division

BY: RODNEY L. HORTON, MPA, Planner III
Development Services Division

SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to appeal from the Fresno City Planning Commission's decision concerning Development Permit Application No. P19-00359 and Variance Application No. P19-02282, located on the west side of North Howard Street between Herndon and Alluvial Avenues. (Council District 6)
1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment No. P19-00359 / P19-02282 dated August 7, 2019, a determination that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through a Class 3 Categorical Exemption; and,
2. APPROVE Development Permit Application No. P19-00359, which proposed to develop a 14-foot high by 48-foot wide digital LED, double-sided billboard; and,
3. Take one of the following actions:
a. APPROVE Variance Application No. P19-02282, requesting to vary height standards to allow for an 86-foot tall, 14-foot high by 48-foot wide double-sided digital LED billboard.
b. DENY Variance Application No. P19-02282, requesting to vary height standards to allow for an 86-foot tall, 14-foot high by 48-foot wide double-sided digital LED billboard.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Mark Duran of OUTFRONT Media (the Applicant), on behalf of the City of Fresno (the City), has applied for Development Permit Application No. P19-00359 and Variance Application No. P19-02282, pertaining to a ?0.33 acre parcel of property located at 7221 North Howard Street M/C, located on the west side of North Howard Street between Herndon and Alluvial Avenues. The applicant requests to vary height standards to allow for the development of an 86-foot tall, 14-foot high by 48-foot wide double-sided digital LED bill...

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