REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
August 7, 2019
FROM: MIKE SANCHEZ, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department, Development Services Division
THROUGH: WILL TACKETT, Supervising Planner
Development Services Division
BY: CHRIS LANG, Planner
Development Services Division
SUBJECT
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Consideration of Plan Amendment and Rezone Application No. P18-03582, Conditional Use Permit Application No. P18-03583 and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2018111043 as part of a City-initiated Plan Amendment and Rezone pursuant to Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) Section 15-5803. (Council District 3)
1. RECOMMEND CERTIFICATION (to the City Council) of Final EIR SCH No. 2018111043 for the Relocation of the Darling Rendering Plant; and,
a. ADOPT Findings of Fact as required by Public Resources Code Section 21082(a) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15091; and,
b. APPROVE a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15092; and,
c. ADOPT the Statement of Overriding Considerations as required by Public Resources Code, Section 21081(b) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15093.
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application No. P18-03582 proposing to amend the Fresno General Plan from the Public Facilities planned land use designation to the Heavy Industrial planned land use designation
3. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Rezone Application No. P18-03582 proposing to amend the Official Zone Map to reclassify the subject property from the PI/UGM (Public and Institutional/Urban Growth Management) zone district to the IH (Heavy Industrial) zone district
4. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Conditional Use Permit Application No. P18-03583 proposing the construction of a new rendering facility on a vacant 40 acre portion of land located approximately 1200 feet south and 1800 feet west of the intersection...
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