DATE: December 10, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Initial Study Application No. 7517, General Plan Amendment Application No. 556, Amendment Application No. 3833 (Applicant: Higton Investment Group)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Initial Study Application No. 7517, including the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program prepared for General Plan Amendment Application No. 556 and Amendment Application No. 3833;
2. Adopt Resolution approving General Plan Amendment Application No. 556 amending the County-adopted Roosevelt Community Plan by re-designating a 0.34-acre parcel from Low-Density Residential to Medium-High Density Residential as the Second General Plan Amendment of the Agriculture and Land Use Element of the Fresno County General Plan for 2019;
3. Approve Ordinance pertaining to Amendment Application No. 3833 thereby rezoning the subject 0.34-acre parcel from the R-1-B(nb) (Single-Family Residential, 12,500 square-foot minimum parcel size, Neighborhood Beautification Overlay) Zone District to R-2(nb)(c) (Low-Density Multiple-Family Residential, 6,600 square-foot minimum parcel size, Neighborhood Beautification Overlay, Conditional) Zone District conditionally limited to the uses permitted in the R-1 Zone District (Section 827.1-A.) and one-family or multiple-family dwellings (Section 827.1-D) limited to a maximum of three units; and,
4. 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 northeast corner of N. Fine and E. Washington Avenues in a County island in the City of Fresno (4955 E. Washington Avenue) (APN 462-132-10).
REPORT
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