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Date Adopted:
Date Approved
Effective Date:
City Attorney Approval: ________ Ordinance No.
BILL NO.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 12 -4.1603 OF THE FRESNO
MUNICIPAL CODE, REVISING THE DEFINITION OF INFILL
PROJECT FOR PURPOSES OF THE FEE WAIVER
PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL INFILL
PROJECTS
WHEREAS, the Council desires to provide incentives for development within the City; and
WHEREAS, Council adopted Ordinance 2021- 029 establishing an infill incentive program for certain new residential infill projects to encourage and promote development of residential units on unutilized lots within the City; and WHEREAS, Council later amended the definition of “infill project,” via adoption of Ordinance 2022-005 to make single family residential projects eligible for the fee waiver program; and
WHEREAS, the Council now desires to amend the definition of an Infill Project to include projects no greater than 6.5 net acres.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRESNO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. S ection 12-4.1603 of the Fresno Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 12-4.1603. – INFILL PROJECT DEFINED
For purposes of this section, Infill Project shall be defined as new multifamily and/or single family residential projects on sites less than 5 [no
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greater than 6.5] net acres in size and substantially surrounded by urban uses, and located within an Infill Opportunity Zone, Bus Rapid Transit Corridor or Downtown Planning Area, as reflected in the Priority Areas for Development Incentives Map, Figure IM -1 of Chapter 12 of the Fresno General Plan, adopted December 18, 2014. For purposes of this section, for s ingle family residential projects within a subdivision map, the "site" shall be defined as the boundary of the subdivision map. Projects within the South Industrial Priority Area are not eligible for this Program.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective and in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first day after its final passage.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF FRESNO ) ss.
CITY OF FRESNO )
I, TODD STERMER, City Clerk of the City of Fresno, certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the Council of the City of Fresno, at a regular meeting held on the day of 2023.
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT :
ABSTAIN :
Mayor Approval: , 2023
Mayor Approval/No Return: , 2023
Mayor Veto: , 2023
Council Override Vote: , 2023
TODD STERMER, CMC
City Clerk
By:
Deputy Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ANDREW JANZ
City Attorney
By:
Jennifer M. Quintanilla Date
Senior Deputy City Attorney