File #: 18-275    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing Item Status: Passed
File created: 5/17/2018 In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency
On agenda: 6/4/2018 Final action: 6/4/2018
Title: SUBJECT: Public Hearing - Zone Change #425 to Amend the Zoning for 3345 and 3351 East Gerard Avenue from Agricultural to Business Park REPORT IN BRIEF The City Council will consider a request to change the zoning designation from Agricultural (A-1-20) to Business Park (B-P) for two parcels totaling approximately 71.135 acres located at approximately 3345 and 3351 Gerard Avenue. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion: A. Approving a determination that Environmental Review #18-11 is a second tier environmental document, consistent with the current general plan and provisions of CEQA Guidelines, Section 15162; and, B. Introducing Ordinance 2488, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, amending the official zoning map by rezoning two parcels totaling approximately 71.135 acres located approximately 1,300 feet east of Coffee Drive along the north and south sides of Campus Parkway to approximately 264 feet west of the intersection of Gerard Avenue an...
Attachments: 1. Location Map.pdf, 2. Planning Commission Minutes Excerpt (5-9-18), 3. Planning Commission Resolution #3093.pdf, 4. Staff Report 18-07 Second Addendum.pdf, 5. Ordinance 2488.pdf, 6. Legislative Action Agreement Approved as to Form.pdf

Report Prepared by: Michael Hren, AICP, Principal Planner, Planning Department

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SUBJECT: Public Hearing - Zone Change #425 to Amend the Zoning for 3345 and 3351 East Gerard Avenue from Agricultural to Business Park

REPORT IN BRIEF
The City Council will consider a request to change the zoning designation from Agricultural (A-1-20) to Business Park (B-P) for two parcels totaling approximately 71.135 acres located at approximately 3345 and 3351 Gerard Avenue.

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:

A. Approving a determination that Environmental Review #18-11 is a second tier environmental document, consistent with the current general plan and provisions of CEQA Guidelines, Section 15162; and,

B. Introducing Ordinance 2488, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, amending the official zoning map by rezoning two parcels totaling approximately 71.135 acres located approximately 1,300 feet east of Coffee Drive along the north and south sides of Campus Parkway to approximately 264 feet west of the intersection of Gerard Avenue and Campus Parkway, between Gerard Avenue and Mission Drive from Agricultural (A-1-20) to Business Park (B-P); and,

C. Authorizing the City Manager or Assistant City Manager to execute the legislative action agreement.

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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve the request as recommended by the Planning Commission; or,
2. Deny the request; or,
3. Approve, subject to other than the Findings and Conditions of Approval included in the Administrative Report (identify specific findings and/or conditions amended in City Council motion); or,
4. Refer back to staff for reconsideration of specific items (specific items to be addressed in City Council motion); or,
5. Continue to a future City Council meeting (date and time to be specified in City Council motion).

AUTHORITY
Title 19 of the Merced Municipal Code outlines environmental review procedures, and the legislative body may amend zoning pursuant to Calif...

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