CITY OF MERCED - File #: 25-712

• File #: 25-712
• Version: 1
• Type: Consent Item
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/22/2025
• In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
• On agenda: 8/4/2025
• Title: SUBJECT: Second Reading and Final Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the Official Zoning Map by Rezoning Approximately 5.0 Acres of Land Generally Located on the South Side of East Childs Avenue, Approximately 780 Feet East of Coffee Street, from Neighborhood Commercial to Low Density Residential REPORT IN BRIEF Second reading and final adoption of an Ordinance amending the official Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 5.0 acres of land generally located on the south side of East Childs Avenue, approximately 780 feet east of Coffee Street, from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to Low Density Residential (R-1-5). RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion approving Ordinance 2579, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, amending the official Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 5.0 acres of land generally located on the south side of East Childs Avenue, approximately 780 feet east of Coffee Street, from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to Low Density Residenti...

Report Prepared by: Francisco Mendoza-Gonzalez, Acting Principal Planner, Development Services Department

Title
SUBJECT: Second Reading and Final Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the Official Zoning Map by Rezoning Approximately 5.0 Acres of Land Generally Located on the South Side of East Childs Avenue, Approximately 780 Feet East of Coffee Street, from Neighborhood Commercial to Low Density Residential

REPORT IN BRIEF
Second reading and final adoption of an Ordinance amending the official Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 5.0 acres of land generally located on the south side of East Childs Avenue, approximately 780 feet east of Coffee Street, from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to Low Density Residential (R-1-5).

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion approving Ordinance 2579, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, amending the official Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 5.0 acres of land generally located on the south side of East Childs Avenue, approximately 780 feet east of Coffee Street, from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to Low Density Residential (R-1-5).

Body
ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by the Planning Commission and staff; or,
2. Approve subject to modifications as conditioned by City Council; or,
3. Deny; or,
4. Refer back to staff for reconsideration of specific items (to be addressed in the motion); or,
5. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in the motion).

AUTHORITY
Title 19 of the Merced Municipal Code outlines environmental review procedures and California Government Code Section 65358(a) grants authority to amend all or part of an adopted General Plan. Merced Municipal Code Section 20.80 - Zoning Ordinance Amendments, grants the City Council authority to approve a Zone Change.

CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Not applicable.

DISCUSSION
History

At the July 21, 2025, Council meeting, staff introduced Ordinance 2579, which received Council approval for the first re...