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File #: ID 25-860    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Adopted as Amended
File created: 6/9/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/17/2025 Final action: 7/17/2025
Title: HEARING to Consider Plan Amendment Application No. P20-00213; Rezone Application No. P20-00213; Development Permit Application No. P22-03749; Planned Development Permit Application No. P23-03173; and related Environmental Assessment No. P20-00213/P22-03749/P23-03173 for approximately 3.78 acres of property located on the west side of North Chestnut Avenue, between East Behymer and East International Avenues. (Council District 6) 1. ADOPT - Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Environmental Assessment No. P20-00213/P22-03749/P23-03173 dated May 16, 2025, for the proposed project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. 2. RESOLUTION - Approving Plan Amendment Application No. P20-00213 proposing to amend the Fresno General Plan and Woodward Park Community Plan to change the planned land use designation for the subject property from Employment - Office to Medium High Residential Density. 3. BILL - (for Introduction and Adoption) - Approving Rezone Applica...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Project Exhibits (Site Plan, Floor Plan, & Elevations) [7-1-2024 & 11-9-2023], 2. Exhibit B - Operational Statement [11-9-2023], 3. Exhibit C - Aerial Map, 4. Exhibit D - Fresno General Plan Land Use & Zoning Map, 5. Exhibit E - Proposed Planned Land Use Exhibit, 6. Exhibit F - Proposed Rezone Exhibit, 7. Exhibit G - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 8. Exhibit H - Public Hearing Notice Radius Map (1,000 feet), 9. Exhibit I - Neighborhood Meeting Summaries [12-17-2019, 8-14-2024 & 5-27-2025], 10. Exhibit J - Conditions of Approval for Development Permit App. P22-03749 [6-18-2025], 11. Exhibit K - Comments and Requirements from Responsible Agencies, 12. Exhibit L - Environmental Assessment P20-00213/P22-03749/P23-03173 [5-16-2025], 13. Exhibit M - Opposition Letters [6-4-2025 & 6-17-2025], 14. Exhibit N - Levine Act Disclosure Form, 15. Exhibit O - Planning Commission Resolution No. 13905 (Plan Amendment Application No. P20-00213), 16. Exhibit P - Planning Commission Resolution No. 13906 (Rezone Application No. P20-00213), 17. Exhibit Q - Planning Commission Resolution No. 13907 (Development Permit App. No. P22-03749), 18. Exhibit R - Planning Commission Resolution No. 13908 (Planned Development Permit App. No. P23-03173), 19. Exhibit S - City Council Ordinance Bill for Rezone Application No. P20-00213, 20. Exhibit T - City Council Resolution for Plan Amendment Application No. P20-00213, 21. Exhibit U - City Council Hearing PowerPoint Presentation, 22. 910AM ID 25-860 Supplemental Packet
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department

ASHLEY ATKINSON, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department

ISRAEL TREJO, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

BY: ROB HOLT, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
Title
HEARING to Consider Plan Amendment Application No. P20-00213; Rezone Application No. P20-00213; Development Permit Application No. P22-03749; Planned Development Permit Application No. P23-03173; and related Environmental Assessment No. P20-00213/P22-03749/P23-03173 for approximately 3.78 acres of property located on the west side of North Chestnut Avenue, between East Behymer and East International Avenues. (Council District 6)
1. ADOPT - Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Environmental Assessment No. P20-00213/P22-03749/P23-03173 dated May 16, 2025, for the proposed project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
2. RESOLUTION - Approving Plan Amendment Application No. P20-00213 proposing to amend the Fresno General Plan and Woodward Park Community Plan to change the planned land use designation for the subject property from Employment - Office to Medium High Residential Density.
3. BILL - (for Introduction and Adoption) - Approving Rezone Application No. P20-00213 proposing to rezone the subject property from the O/UGM/cz (Office/Urban Growth Management/conditions of zoning) zone district to the RM-1/UGM/cz (Multi-Family Residential, Medium High Density/Urban Growth Management/conditions of zoning) zone district.
4. APPROVE - Development Permit Application No. P22-03749 proposing to construct a 48-unit private multi-family residential development, subject to the Conditions of Approval.
5. APPROVE - Planned Development Permit Application No. P23-03173 proposing to modify the development standards of the RM-1 (Multi-Family Residential, Medium High Density) zone district to allow for a reductio...

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