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Meeting Participation
Due to the current Shelter-in-Place Order covering the State of California and Social Distance Guidelines issued by Federal, State, and Local Authorities, the County is implementing the following changes for attendance and public comment at all Planning Commission meetings until notified otherwise. The Board chambers will be open to the public. Any member of the Planning Commission may participate from a remote location by teleconference pursuant to Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive Order N-25-20. Instructions about how to participate in the meeting will be posted to: https://www.fresnocountyca.gov/planningcommission 72 hours prior to the meeting date.
- If you attend the Planning Commission meeting in person, you will be required to maintain appropriate social distancing, i.e., maintain a 6-foot distance between yourself and other individuals, and you are asked to wear appropriate nose and mouth coving except when speaking at the podium. Due to Shelter-in-Place requirements, the number of people in the Board Chambers will be limited. Members of the public who wish to make public comments will be allowed in on a rotating basis.
- If you choose not to attend the Planning Commission meeting but desire to make general public comment on a specific item on the agenda, you may do so as described under the heading "Written Comments" at the Bottom of this page.
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Consent Agenda
No Consent Items
Regular Agenda
Item 1 - PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS - This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Planning Commission on any matter within the Commission's jurisdiction and not on this Agenda.
Item 2 - AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. 3838 - HARPREET PAWAR -(Staff Report Link)
Proposing to rezone a 1.74-acre parcel from the AL-20 (Limited Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District to the M-1 (Light Manufacturing) Zone District. The project site is located on the east side of S. Peach Avenue approximately 1,460 feet south of its nearest intersection with E. North Avenue and is approximately 1.05 miles southeast of the City of Fresno (SUP. DIST. 4) (APN 331-200-01S); and to consider Adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared, based on INITIAL STUDY NO. 7679
Item 3 - GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. 553 and AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. 3830 - GARY A. ROGERS / MARIA AND LEO GONZALES -(Staff Report Link)
Proposing to amend the County General Plan by changing the land use designation of an 8.38-acre parcel from Agriculture to limited Industrial and rezone the parcel from the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District to M-1 (c) (Light Manufacturing; Conditional) Zone District to allow light manufacturing uses excluding automobile service stations, banks, and truck service stations. The subject parcel is located on the southwest corner of E. Adams and S. Cherry Avenues approximately three miles south of the City of Fresno (SUP. DIST. 1) (APN 335-070-52); and to consider adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared based on INITIAL STUDY NO. 7494
Item 4 - VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. 4097 - GARY and DEBORAH BLAGG -(Staff Report Link)
Proposing to allow a reduction of the minimum lot size requirement and allow a mapping procedure to adjust the property line between two parcels, which will result in an increase of 3,876 square-feet to an existing 0.94-acre parcel and an equivalent decrease in size to an existing adjacent 17.84-acre parcel, and allow a 15-foot rear yard setback where a minimum of 20-feet is required on APN 332-110-36 (0.94-acre parcel) for an existing garage/accessory living quarters built over the property line. The subject parcels are located on the east side of South Bethel Avenue between East Central Avenue and East North Avenue, approximately one half-mile southwest of the City of Sanger (SUP. DIST. 4) (APN 332-110-36 and 37) (3534 S. Bethel Avenue and 3556 S. Bethel Avenue).
Item 5 - VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. 4098 - RJ MILLER for MARSHALL FLAM -(Staff Report Link)
Proposing to allow reduction of the side-yard setback to 10 feet (15-foot minimum required) for a proposed closet extension in the R-1-EH(NB) (Single-Family Residential, 37,500 square-foot minimum parcel size) (Neighborhood Beautification Overlay) Zone District. The subject parcel is located on the west side of Parrish Way approximately 300 feet south of its intersection with Robinwood Lane, approximately 320 feet west of the city limits of the City of Fresno (5451 N. Parrish Way) (Sup. Dist. 2) (APN 415-360-08).
Item 6 - INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEM:
Report from staff on prior Agenda Items, status of upcoming Agenda, and miscellaneous matters.
Written Comments
Members of the public may submit written comments as follows: by email to PlanningCommissionComments@fresnocountyca.gov, by mail to the Clerk of the Planning Commission at 2220 Tulare Street, Sixth Floor, Fresno, CA 93721. Comments should be submitted as soon as possible but not later than 8:30 am (15 minutes before start of meeting). You will need to provide the following information:
- Planning Commission Date
- Item Number
- Comments
- Please submit a separate e-mail for each item you are commenting on.
- Please be aware that public comments received that do not specify a particular agenda item will be made part of the record of proceedings as a general public comment.
- If a written comment is received after the start of the meeting it will be made part of the record of proceedings, provided that such comments are received prior to the end of the Planning Commission meeting.
- Written comments will be provided to the Commission members. Comments received during the meeting may not be distributed to Planning Commission members until after the meeting has concluded.