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File #: ID 25-372    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/10/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 4/16/2025 Final action:
Title: Consideration of Plan Amendment Application No. P23-03006, Rezone Application No. P23-03006 and related Environmental Assessment pertaining to approximately 55.31 acres of property bounded by East Annadale Avenue to the north, State Route 41 to the east, South Elm Avenue to the west, and East Chester/East Samson Avenue (alignment) to the south (Council District 3) - Planning and Development Department. Based upon the evaluation and options presented within this report, as well as public testimony and appeals received, Staff requests the Planning Commission consider the following actions for recommendations to the Fresno City Council: 1. RECOMMEND CONSIDERATION (to the City Council) of the Addendum to Final Program EIR (SCH No. 2017031012) for the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan, dated February 10, 2025, for the proposed project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15164. 2. RECOMMEND CONSIDERATION (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Applicati...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Aerial Map, 2. Exhibit B - Vicinity Map, 3. Exhibit C - Fresno General Plan Land Use & Zoning Map, 4. Exhibit D - Proposed Planned Land Use Map, 5. Exhibit E - Proposed Rezone Exhibit, 6. Exhibit F - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 7. Exhibit G - Public Hearing Notice Radius Map (1,000 feet), 8. Exhibit H - Addendum to Final PEIR of the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan [2-10-2025], 9. Exhibit I - Neighborhood Meeting Summary, 10. Exhibit J - Operational Statement & Conditions of Zoning, 11. Supplemental Exhibit K - Comment Letter Received by Public
REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION



April 16, 2025


BY: ASHLEY ATKINSON, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department

THROUGH: PHILLIP SIEGRIST, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

BY: ROB HOLT, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
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Consideration of Plan Amendment Application No. P23-03006, Rezone Application No. P23-03006 and related Environmental Assessment pertaining to approximately 55.31 acres of property bounded by East Annadale Avenue to the north, State Route 41 to the east, South Elm Avenue to the west, and East Chester/East Samson Avenue (alignment) to the south (Council District 3) - Planning and Development Department.

Based upon the evaluation and options presented within this report, as well as public testimony and appeals received, Staff requests the Planning Commission consider the following actions for recommendations to the Fresno City Council:

1. RECOMMEND CONSIDERATION (to the City Council) of the Addendum to Final Program EIR (SCH No. 2017031012) for the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan, dated February 10, 2025, for the proposed project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15164.

2. RECOMMEND CONSIDERATION (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application No. P23-03006 proposing to amend the Fresno General Plan and the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan to change the planned land use designation for the subject properties from Neighborhood Mixed-Use to Employment - Light Industrial and amendment to Policy LU-8.1 of the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan.

3. RECOMMEND CONSIDERATION (to the City Council) of Rezone Application No. P23-03006 proposing to rezone the subject properties from the NMX (Neighborhood Mixed-Use) zone district to the IL/cz (Light Industrial/conditions of zoning) zone district.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Plan Amendment Application No. P23-03006 and Rezone Application No. P23-03006 were filed by Bonique Emerson o...

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