REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 26, 2019
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: DANIEL ZACK, AICP, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
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Action pertaining to Fresno County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan:
1. ***BILL NO. B-30 - (Intro. 9/19/2019) (For adoption) - Approving Text Amendment Application No. P19-01036 amending sections 15-104-B-4; 15-5206; 15-5306; 15-5506-D; 15-5811-A; 15-5905-A; 15-6006-A; and 15-6104-B of the Fresno Municipal Code (FMC), which gives the December 2018 Fresno County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan priority over all other local land use plans and regulations in the event of a conflict (Subject to Mayor's veto)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. APPROVE BILL - (For introduction) - Approving Text Amendment Application No. P19-01036 amending sections 15-104-B-4; 15-5206; 15-5306; 15-5506-D; 15-5811-A; 15-5905-A; 15-6006-A; and 15-6104-B of the Fresno Municipal Code (FMC), which gives the December 2018 Fresno County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan priority over all other local land use plans and regulations in the event of a conflict
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In December 2018 the Fresno County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) adopted a new Fresno County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) which is available at the following link: https://www.fresnocog.org/project/airport-land-use-commission-fresno-county/. The new plan, which aggressively expands the scope and scale of airport land use planning, requires local agencies to demonstrate consistency between that plan and their local land use plans and regulations, or to overrule the ALUC. Staff is proposing to achieve consistency by amending the Development Code. Specifically, staff proposes a Text Amendment which more clearly establishes that the ALUCP is the primary plan of record, and which adds a new requirement for a finding of consistency with the ALUCP for all discretionary entitlements (...
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