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Planning commission approves text amendment to ease relocation rules for drive‑throughs
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a text amendment (P25-00974) to the development code to give businesses required to relocate because of public works projects more flexibility to reestablish drive‑through facilities closer to their original sites, including exceptions near bus rapid transit stations.
The Fresno City Planning Commission on a unanimous voice vote approved a text amendment (P25-00974) intended to give existing drive‑through businesses more flexibility when they must relocate because of public works projects.
The change removes a code hurdle that currently bars drive‑through aisles from being sited between a building and a street in mixed‑use districts and creates a limited exception allowing an affected business to relocate within one mile of its original location, subject to compliance with mixed‑use development standards and applicable property development standards.
Planning and Development Department staff presented the amendment. Eric Young, planning staff, told the commission the change was “initiated by the planning and development director for…
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