DATE: October 22, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Appeal of Planning Commission's technical denial of General Plan Amendment Application No. 566, Amended Application No. 3850, Tentative Tract Map No. 6420, Variance Application No. 4140, and Initial Study No. 8307 (Applicant: Elegante Estates, LLC)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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1. Consider the Appeal of the Planning Commission's technical denial to permit the development of a 16-lot rural residential development with an exception for private road width and minimum centerline road curve radius per County Ordinance Code 17.72.333-A in the R-R-Zone District.
2. If the Appeal is granted and the technical denial of the project is overturned:
a. Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration including the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program based on Initial Study No. 8307 which was prepared for the Project; and
b. Adopt a Resolution approving General Plan Amendment No. 566 amending the Land Use Element of the Fresno County General Plan by changing the land use designation of the subject parcels from Agricultural to Rural Residential; and
c. Approve an Ordinance pertaining to Amendment Application No. 3850 changing the zoning on the subject parcels from the existing AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District to the R-R (Rural Residential, two-acre net minimum parcel size) Zone District; and
d. Adopt a Resolution approving Tentative Tract Map Application No. 6420 and Variance Application No. 4140 per the recommended findings in the Staff Report for the creation of a 16-lot rural residential development with an exception for private road width and minimum centerline road curve radius per County Ordinance Code 17.72.333-A and to waive the public road frontage requirement and the 4 to 1 lot depth to lot width ratio requirement for the development; and
e. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and ade...
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