REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
November 3, 2016
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, DIRECTOR
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: DAN ZACK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Development and Resource Management Department
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***BILL No. B-44 - (Introduced 10/22/2016) (For adoption) - Approving Text Amendment Application No. TA-16-002 which proposes amendments to the Citywide Development to incorporate the updated October 2016 draft of the Downtown Development Code. This code includes form-based zoning requirements for development within the DNCP and FCSP plan areas. New sections proposed to be added to the Citywide Development Code include standards for three new Downtown zones: Downtown Core, Downtown General and Downtown Neighborhood (Article 15 of Chapter 15 of the FMC) along with provisions related to Parking and Loading (Section 15-2407-A). In addition, an Urban Campus Overlay District is added in Section 15-1610 and a Neighborhood Revitalization Overlay District is added in Section 15-1611. Amended sections include Determining Frontage Coverage (Section 15-317), Fences, Walls and Hedges (Section 15-2006), Summary of Primary Planning Permits and Actions (Table 15-4907), Zone Clearance Applicability (Section 15-5102), Apartment Overlay District, (Section15-1609), Signs (Sections 15-2608 and 15-2610), and Terms and Definitions (Sections 15-5501 and 15-5502).
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RECOMMENDATION
Public hearing to consider adoption of the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan, the Fulton Corridor Specific Plan, the Downtown Development Code and related Final Program Environmental Impact Report (FPEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH) # 2012041009. The following applications have been filed by the City of Fresno Development and Resource Management Department Director and pertain to approximately 7,290 acres in the Downtown Planning Area:
1. RESOLUTION CERTIFYING Final Program EIR (SCH No. 2012041009), for the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan, the Fulton ...
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