REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
May 31, 2023
FROM: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department
BY: DREW WILSON, Program Manager
PARCS Department
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Public hearing to consider the adoption of the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan and related Environmental Assessment, State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2023020138). The following applications have been filed by the Fresno City Council and pertain to approximately 2,000 acres in the Established Neighborhoods South of Shaw Area of the Fresno General Plan:
1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council), of a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P22-00400 dated February 1, 2023, of a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(d) (see Exhibit I).
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P22-00400 which proposes to:
a. Repeal the Roosevelt Community Plan, pertaining to approximately 15,721 acres, and the Butler/Willow Specific Plan, pertaining to approximately 563 acres (see Exhibit B).
b. Adopt the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan and accompanying Planned Land Use Map (see Exhibits A, C and G).
c. Amend the Planned Land Use Map (Figure LU-1) of the Fresno General Plan to incorporate the land use changes proposed in the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan (see Exhibit D).
d. Rezone approximately 136 acres of property within the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan area to be consistent with the planned land uses proposed in the Plan (see Exhibit E).
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed project is the adoption of the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan, which includes the repeal of the Roosevelt Community Plan and the Butler/Willow Specific Plan, amendment of the Fresno General Plan, and the rezoning of approximately 136 acres in the Plan Area. This report describes the planning process as well as the key elements of the Plan. The Planning Commission last acted on this item ...
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