Exhibit C – CEQA Exemption Memo
CITY OF FRESNO
CEQA EXEMPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION FOR
TEXT AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. P23-03472
THE PROJECT DESCRIBED HEREIN IS DETERMINED TO BE
EXEMPT FROM THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 5 OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES.
APPLICANT: City of Fresno
Planning & Development Department
2600 Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93721
PROJECT LOCATION: All areas designated as O ( Office) zone districts within the corporate boundaries and jurisdiction of the City of Fresno.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Text Amendment Application No. P23- 03472 proposes to amend Fresno Municipal Code, Chapter 15, the Citywide
Development Code to include Sub- Acute Care Facilities as an identified sub-classification under the general use definition of Hospitals and Clinics of Section 15- 6703 - Public and Semi - Public Use Classifications and to amend Table Section 15-1302 - Land Use Regulations-Employment Districts to include a facility for Sub-Acute Care in the use classification of Hospital in the O (Office) zone district..
This project is exempt under Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines as follows:
CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) under the common sense exemption states that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. The proposed Text Amendment only provides minor changes to the language of the text in the Development Code in order to identify and define a specific use type as a sub- classification to the current use classification of Hospitals and Clinics and does not commit the city to any specific development on any particular site.
It would clarify that a sub-acute care facility is a use consistent with the current use classification of Hospital which is conditionally permitted in the O (Office) zone district subject to a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the Public and Semi-Public Use Classifications under Table Section 15- 1302. It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed text amendment may have a significant effect on the environment and therefore is not subject to further CEQA review.
Therefore, Text Amendment P23-03472 is exempt from CEQA pursuant to the common sense exemption set forth in Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
Date: January 24, 2025
Prepared and Submitted by:
Ralph Kachadourian
Supervising Planner
City of Fresno
Planning & Development
Department
(559) 621-8172