DATE: August 20, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: General Plan Amendment Application No. 574; Amendment Application No. 3867 (Applicant: County of Fresno, Department of Public Works and Planning)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve General Plan Amendment No. 574 re-designating an approximately 20-acre parcel (gross acreage) from Agriculture to Rural Residential with a five-acre minimum parcel size and include this parcel within the area identified by General Plan Policy LU-E.24 and General Plan Figure LU-4; and
2. Adopt Resolution approving General Plan Amendment Application No. 574 as the second General Plan Amendment of the Agriculture and Land Use Element of the Fresno County General Plan for 2024.
3. Approve Ordinance pertaining to Amendment Application No. 3867 thereby rezoning the subject 20-acre parcel from the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural; 20-acre minimum parcel) Zone District to the AL-20 (Limited Agricultural; 20-acre minimum parcel) Zone District; and
4. Determine that the Recommended Actions 1 through 3 are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the Fresno County Clerk's Office and the State of California Office of Planning and Research State Clearing House; and
5. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed ordinance and direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code Section 25124(b)(1).
The subject parcel is located on the west side of Auberry Road approximately 1,205 feet north of its intersection with Reno Avenue, and 1.1 miles northeast of the nearest city limits of the City of Fresno (APN: 300-320-19S) (Sup. Dist. 5).
REPORT
This item comes before your Board with a recommendation for approval from the Planning Commission (6 to 2, one commissioner absent) and requires final actio...
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