Public hearing to consider adoption of the South Central Specific Plan and related Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR), State Clearinghouse (SHC) No. 2019079022. The following applications have been filed by the Planning and Development Director and pertain to approximately 5,567 acres (see Exhibit A) in the South Industrial Priority Area: 1. Recommend consideration (to the City Council) of Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR SCH No. 2019079022) for the South Central Specific Plan and related Plan Amendment and Rezone. (see Exhibits O, P, Q and R). a. Recommend consideration (to the City Council) of Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091; and b. Recommend consideration (to the City Council) of the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15097. 2. Recommend consideration (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P24-03961, which proposes to repeal the North Avenue Industrial Triangle Specific Plan, pertaining to approximately 930 acres located in the South Industrial Priority Area (see Exhibit B). 3. Recommend consideration (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P24-03962, which proposes to repeal that part of the Roosevelt Community Plan that overlaps with the South Central Specific Plan area, pertaining to approximately 3,888 acres (see Exhibit C). 4. Recommend consideration (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P24-03963, which proposes to adopt the November 2024 Draft of the South Central Specific Plan, pertaining to approximately 5,567 acres located in the South Industrial Priority Area (see Exhibits E and H). 5. Recommend consideration (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P24-03965, which proposes to update the Land Use Map (Figure LU-1) of the Fresno General Plan, pertaining to 1,103 acres, to incorporate the land use changes proposed in the South Central Specific Plan (see Exhibit I). 6. Recommend consideration (to the City Council) of Rezone Application P24-03970, which proposes to rezone approximately 279 acres of property within the South Central Specific Plan area to be consistent with the planned land uses proposed in the South Central Specific Plan (see Exhibit J).

Committee

Planning Commission

Requested by

Planning and Development Department

Introduced

November 8, 2024

On agenda

November 20, 2024

Passed

November 20, 2024

Where it was heard

Planning Commission Nov 20, 2024 RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL Pass