DATE: October 11, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Initial Study No. 7067 and Amendment Application No. 3814 (Applicant: Muhammad Attique) - Planning Commission Resolution No. 12570
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider and adopt the Negative Declaration prepared for Initial Study Application No. 7067; and
2. Approve Ordinance pertaining to Amendment Application No. 3814 rezoning 9.82 acres from the AE-20(c) (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size, Conditional) Zone District to the R-R (Rural Residential, two-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District.
The project site is located on the east side of Grantland Avenue between Yale Avenue and McKinley Avenue approximately one mile west of the nearest limits of the City of Fresno (2210 N. Grantland) (Sup. Dist.: 1) (APN: 312-160-01).
REPORT
This item was originally heard before the Board on August 9, 2016 following a May 26, 2016 recommendation for approval by the Planning Commission (5 to 1, three Commissioners absent). A copy of the Planning Commission Action is attached as Exhibit 1. At its August 9, 2016 hearing, the Board voted unanimously (5 to 0) to continue this item to a date uncertain after receiving public testimony in opposition to the proposal with regard to property maintenance concerns including weeds and overgrowth, impacts to the site from the prior dehydration facility, advertising sale of the site for commercial use, and the Applicant and/or representative were not present at the hearing to provide a response.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the Board determines that the rezoning is not consistent with the General Plan, a motion to deny Amendment Application No. 3814 would be appropriate, citing the reasons for denial and the proposal's inconsistency with the General Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Pursuant to the County's Master Schedule of Fees, the applicant has paid $10,836 in land use processing fe...
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