DATE: August 24, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Initial Study No. 7705 and Classified Conditional Use Permit No. 3657 (Applicant/Appellant: Govinder K. Singh)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider appeal of Planning Commission's denial of Classified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3657, proposing to allow a religious facility with related improvements on an approximately 1.52-acre portion of a 5.02-acre parcel in the RR (Rural Residential, two-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District; and
2. If the Appeal is granted and the Planning Commission's denial of Classified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3657 is overturned:
a. Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration based on Initial Study No. 7705 with the recommended Mitigation Measures and Conditions of Approval.
b. Make the required Findings specified in Section 873(F) for approval of the Classified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3657 as recommended in Staff Report to the Planning Commission; and
c. Adopt Resolution approving Classified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3657 for a religious facility, with Conditions of Approval.
REPORT
The subject property is located on the west side of N. Brawley Avenue approximately 435 feet north of its intersection with W. Olive Avenue and 1,864 feet south of the nearest city limits of the City of Fresno (1501 N. Brawley Avenue, Fresno) (APN 312-112-26) (Sup. Dist. 1).
The subject request before your Board is an appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of the subject application based on the failure of a motion to approve the item (3 to 5, one Commissioner absent) at its June 10, 2021 hearing. The Zoning Ordinance requires the Board to determine, independent from the decision of the Planning Commission, whether the application should be approved, approved with stated conditions, or disapproved. A copy of the Planning Commission's action is include...
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