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File #: ID 24-529    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/10/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/2/2024 Final action:
Title: HEARING for Consideration of Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018 and related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P23-01018, amending Section 15-2009 of the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to locations where razor wire fencing is permitted. 1. ADOPTION of a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P23-01018, that Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303/Class 3 of the CEQA Guidelines. 2. BILL (for introduction) amending Chapter 15 of the Fresno Municipal Code, Section 15-2009, relating to the locations where razor wire fencing is permitted.
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Resolution No. 2019-248, 2. Exhibit B - Planning Commission Resolution No. 13846, 3. Exhibit C - Draft Ordinance, 4. Exhibit D - Public Notice, 5. Exhibit E - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 6. Exhibit F - Environmental Assessment, 7. Exhibit G - Map of Potential Razor Wire Locations, 8. Exhibit H - Presentation
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL




FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning & Development Department

THROUGH: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning & Development Department

BY: ADRIENNE ASADOORIAN-GILBERT, Planner
Planning & Development Department


SUBJECT
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HEARING for Consideration of Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018 and related Environmental Finding for Environmental Assessment No. P23-01018, amending Section 15-2009 of the Fresno Municipal Code, relating to locations where razor wire fencing is permitted.
1. ADOPTION of a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P23-01018, that Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303/Class 3 of the CEQA Guidelines.
2. BILL (for introduction) amending Chapter 15 of the Fresno Municipal Code, Section 15-2009, relating to the locations where razor wire fencing is permitted.

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RECOMMENDATION

1. ADOPTION of a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P23-01018, that Text Amendment Application No. P23-01018 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303/Class 3 of the CEQA Guidelines.
2. APPROVE BILL (for introduction) amending Chapter 15 of the Fresno Municipal Code, Section 15-2009, relating to the locations where razor wire fencing is permitted.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As a mechanism to provide additional security measures to businesses within areas where security fencing is permitted throughout the City of Fresno, the City of Fresno (Applicant) is proposing Text Amendment P23-01018 which would amend Section 15-2009, Security Fencing, of the Fresno Municipal Code to permit razor wire in the following situations: (1) where such fencing is required by any law or regulation of the City, the State of California, the federal government, or other public agency; (2) where used to contain livestock; (3) in Commercial Districts where not visible from a...

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