Exhibit I
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CITY OF FRESNO
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT NO. P23-03086
THE PROJECT DESCRIBED HEREIN IS DETERMINED TO BE CATEGORICALLY
EXEMPT FROM THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 19 OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES.
APPLICANT: Jessica Reuven
Yuma Way CA
12740 McCormick Street
Valley Village, CA 91607
PROJECT LOCATION: 4555 East Kings Canyon Road ; Located on the northeast corner of East Kings Canyon Road and South Jackson Avenue (APN: 461-284-30 and -29)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Cannabis Conditional Use Permit Application No. P23-03086 was filed by Yuma Way CA and pertains to approximately 0.54 acres of property located at 4555 East Kings Canyon Road. The applicant proposes a cannabis retail business in an approximately 2,130 square foot existing commercial building. The subject property is zoned CMX+RS-5/NR (Corridor/Center Mixed Use + Single-Family Residential, Medium Density/Neighborhood Revitalization Overlay).
This project is exempt under Section 15301/Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
Section 15301/Class 1 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use.
The project requests authorization to establish a cannabis retail business in an existing commercial building with no expansion of the existing use and only tenant improvements proposed. The project will also be required to comply with the mitigation measures of the Cannabis Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) SCH No. 201907023.
The proposed project consists of minor interior and exterior improvements including an exterior façade change and interior tenant improvements for establishment of a cannabis retail business. The proposed improvements will not expand the construction footprint of the existing commercial building and will not result in an expansion of the existing use.
None of the exceptions to Categorical Exemptions set forth in the CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 apply to this project. Furthermore, as the subject site is a developed property in an urbanized commercial area, the proposed project is not expected to have a significant effect on the environment. Accordingly, a categorical exemption, as noted above, has been prepared for the project.
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Date: November 9, 2023
Submitted by:
Rob Holt
Supervising Planner
City of Fresno Planning and
Development Department
(559) 621-8056