REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
February 25, 2016
FROM: DAN ZACK, AICP, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to Revising the Zoning Designation Translation Table for the Downtown Planning Area for an interim period
1. Adopt the environmental findings of Environmental Assessment No. EA-16-002, an Addendum to Final Master Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2012111015 for the Fresno General Plan and Citywide Development Code pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and 15164
2. RESOLUTION - Revising the Zoning Designation Translation Table for the Downtown Planning Area for the interim period between adoption of the Zoning Map Update and adoption of the Downtown Plans and Code.
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RECOMMENDATION
1. ADOPT the environmental findings of Environmental Assessment No. EA-16-002, an Addendum to Final Master Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2012111015 for the Fresno General Plan and Citywide Development Code pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and 15164;
2. ADOPT RESOLUTION - Revising the Zoning Designation Translation Table for the Downtown Planning Area for the interim period between adoption of the Zoning Map Update and adoption of the Downtown Plans and Code.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On December 3, 2015 the City Council adopted a new Citywide Development Code and a Translation Table for the period before the adoption of an updated Zoning map. This table determined which new standards would be applied to a parcel based on its old zoning designation. The new Zoning Map was adopted on February 4, 2016 and will be effective on March 7, 2016. This renders the Translation Table obsolete for most of the City, but it will still be in effect in the Downtown Planning Area until the adoption of the Downtown Development Code, anticipated to occur this summer. The Translation Table has generally worked very well, but some changes are needed to ensure that it accurately translat...
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