Exhibit G
TEXT AMENDMENT APPLICATION
NO. P25-00974
AND
RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
FRESNO CITY COUNCIL HEARING | August 28, 2025ID 25-965
PURPOSE OF TEXT AMENDMENT
• Provide flexibility for existing drive-through facilities required to relocate due to property being acquired as a result of a public work project.
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BACKGROUND – EXISTING REGULATIONS
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Additional Regulations
Specific Limitations
Drive-In and Drive-Through Facilities permitted in the MX districts with CUP • Also subject to Specific Limitation No. 15, which:
1) Prohibits drive-through facilities within 100 feet of a planned or existing BRT station; and 2) Prohibits drive-through related facilities from being located between a building and a sidewalk.
EXISTING REGULATIONS – CONT’D
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TEXT AMENDMENT PROPOSAL – PROPOSED CHANGES
Amend Specific Limitation No. 15 in Table 15-1102
15. Not allowed[: a)] within 100 feet of a planned or existing Bus Rapid Transit station [except for projects involving an existing drive-through that is required to relocate as a result of a taking by eminent domain and where the new location is within 1 mile of the original location and where the new establishment complies with, and without deviation from, all applicable property development standards;] and [b.)] not allowed between a building and a sidewalk.
Amend Section 15-2728 to add an exception to drive-through separation requirement Space between Drive-Throughs. A building with a drive-through lane shall not be located within 400 feet of another structure containing a drive-through facility.
a. Exceptions.
i. This requirement does not apply in the CH Commercial - Highway and Auto district. However, compatibility with traffic flow shall still be assessed.
ii. This requirement does not apply within 1,000 feet of a freeway exit. [iii. This requirement does not apply to projects involving an existing drive-through that is required to relocate as a result of a taking by eminent domain and where the new location is within 1 mile of the original location.]
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Public Input
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• Three (3) of the four (4) active Council District Project Review Committees (Districts 1, 3, and 6) considered the proposed Text Amendment. • The Council District 4 Project Review Committee failed to establish quorum at its regularly scheduled meetings on June 17, 2025 and July 15, 2025. • One public comment letter received.
o Presented to the project review committees
• Planning Commission recommended approval on July 16, 2025 • Public hearing notice was published in the Fresno Bee on June 25 and August 17, 2025
RECOMMENDED MODIFICATION
Amend Specific Limitation No. 15 in Table 15-1102
15. Not allowed[: a)] within 100 feet of a planned or existing Bus Rapid Transit station [except for projects involving an existing drive-through that is required to relocate as a result of a taking by eminent domain due to property being acquired as a result of a public work project and where the new location is within 1 mile of the original location and where the new establishment complies with, and without deviation from, all applicable property development standards;] and [b.)] not allowed between a building and a sidewalk.
Amend Section 15-2728 to add an exception to drive-through separation requirement Space between Drive-Throughs. A building with a drive-through lane shall not be located within 400 feet of another structure containing a drive-through facility.
a. Exceptions.
i. This requirement does not apply in the CH Commercial - Highway and Auto district. However, compatibility with traffic flow shall still be assessed.
ii. This requirement does not apply within 1,000 feet of a freeway exit. [iii. This requirement does not apply to projects involving an existing drive-through that is required to relocate as a result of a taking by eminent domain due to property being acquired as a result of a public work project and where the new location is within 1 mile of the original location.]
FRESNO CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 28, 2025 | ID 25-965
ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL
RECOMMEND ADOPTION of the environmental determination that Text Amendment Application No. P25-00974 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
BILL (for introduction) amending Table 15-1102 and Section 15-2728 of the FMC, relating to existing establishments with drive-through facilities that are required to relocate as a result of a taking by eminent domain.
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