Action:  Review and approve, or approve with edits, the August 7, 2023 Fresno County Airport Land Use Commission Action Summary.

Action:  Review and approve, or approve with edits, the September 6, 2023, Fresno County Airport Land Use Commission Special Meeting Action Summary.

Summary:  The City of Fresno has filed Text Amendment Application No. P23-02808 which pertains all property within the City of Fresno limits.  The City of Fresno is requesting authorization of an amendment to Fresno Municipal Code Section 15-3314, Subsection E relating to the language relative to the required appeal hearing date.  The current Code requires that the City schedule a hearing date of an appeal of a subdivision project within 30 days of the filed appeal date.  The City of Fresno is requesting an amendment from 30 days to 45 days to be consistent with a recent change to the Subdivision Map Act Section 66452.5, which changed the appeal date to 45 days.

The City of Fresno does not project that this text amendment will affect the airports or airport land use issues as it is a simple clean up to provide consistency with appeal hearing dates for subdivision projects.

Action: ALUC staff recommends that the Fresno County Airport Land Use Commission approve a Finding of Consistency for City of Fresno's Municipal Code Text Amendment No. P23-02808.

Summary: The County of Fresno requests a Finding of Consistency for Initial Study Application No. 7504, General Plan Amendment Application No. 555, and Amendment Application No. 3832 submitted by Roger Van Groningen.

General Plan Amendment No. 555 proposes to amend the Land Use Element of the County-adopted Selma Community Plan to redesignate an 18.56-acre parcel and a 9.29-acre parcel from Agriculture to General Industrial.

Amendment Application No. 3832 proposes to rezone both parcels from the existing zoning of AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum) Zoning District to the M-3 (c) (Heavy Industrial, Conditional) Zone District to allow limited by-right industrial uses and expansion of an existing rail spur and related freight terminal operations located on an adjacent westerly property.

An Initial Study was prepared with a Mitigated Negative Declaration.

A small Southwest section of the 18.56-acre parcel on 8309 E. Manning Ave sits within Selma Airport’s Airport Influence Area (AIA) in Safety Zone 6—Traffic Pattern Zone (TPZ). The other parcel on 9073 S. Leonard Ave is not within the airport’s AIA. 

The maximum non-residential intensity for Safety Zone 6 is 300 persons per acre. The only prohibited uses are hazards to flight, such as physical (e.g., tall objects), visual, and electronic forms of interference with the safety of aircraft operations, and outdoor stadiums, and similar uses with very high intensity uses.

The subject property does not sit within the airport’s noise contours, so it is not subject to the noise compatibility criteria.

Action: The County of Fresno requests a Finding of Consistency for Initial Study Application No. 7504, General Plan Amendment Application No. 555, and Amendment Application No. 3832 submitted by Roger Van Groningen.

Summary:  The Fresno-Chandler Executive Airport Master Plan was approved by the FAA in May 2023. Resulting changes to Fresno-Chandler’s Airport Layout Plan (ALP) which involve removing all references to a future runway length extension, triggered a need to amend the Fresno County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) Appendix C exhibits. 

In June 2023, the Commission engaged Coffman Associates to prepare Amendment #2 to the ALUCP. On September 1, the draft ALUCP Appendix C exhibit C1 was released for review and comment via public hearing notice and direct email notification. A public hearing was held at a Special Meeting of the commission on September 6, 2023 as required, regarding Fresno-Chandler Executive Airport's AIA changes. No comments on the AIA change or other exhibit amendments have been received to date. 

Fresno-Chandler Executive Airport's updated ALUCP Final Draft Exhibits are attached for review and approval:

Exhibit C1 – Airport Influence Area and Safety Zones

Exhibit C2 – Future Noise Contours

Exhibit C3 – 14 CFR Part 77 Airspace Services (derived from Master Plan Update)

Exhibit C4 – Airport Layout Plan (derived from Master Plan Update)

Exhibit C5 – Existing Land Use Parcels

Exhibit C6 – Zoning Parcels

Exhibit C7 – General Plan Parcels

Exhibit C8 – Compatibility Factors

ALUC's consultant from Coffman Associates will present the exhibits and answer any questions the Commission or public may have regarding the Amendment #2 exhibit updates.

As outlined in Section 15164(b) of the State CEQA Guidelines, a lead agency may prepare an Addendum to a previously approved and adopted Negative Declaration if “some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines calling for preparation of a subsequent Negative Declaration have occurred.”

Action: Staff recommends approval of Fresno County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan Amendment #2, and the Addendum to the Initial Study/Negative Declaration, adopted on December 10, 2018 by attached resolution.

Upcoming 2023 meeting dates (regular schedule)

• December 4

2024 meeting dates

• February 5
• April 1
• June 3