Master Case No 25-0011 and Municipal Code Amendment No. 25-0001: Fontana Municipal Code amendments to Chapter 30 (Zoning and Development Code) to establish a new entertainment center overlay district with three (3) Entertainment Center planning areas with land use restrictions and requirements; revisions to the land use tables in Form Based Code (FBC) (Downtown Gateway, Sierra Gateway, Route 66 Gateway, and Valley Gateway) and Commercial Zoning Districts for parcels that have frontage along Foothill Boulevard between IIex Street to Maple Avenue and along Sierra Avenue from I-10 to Randall Avenue; revise the permit requirements for farmers markets; revise the nonconforming provisions; and include a requirement for Route 66 signage along Foothill Boulevard, pursuant to the certified General Plan Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse [SCH] No. 2016021099) and Public Resources Code Section 21083.3. (Continued from the April 1, 2025 Planning Commission meeting) RECOMMENDATION: Based on the information contained in this staff report staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. PC 2025- ____; and forward the recommendation to the City Council to: 1. Determine that the proposed amendments are consistent with the Fontana General Plan and certified General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 2016021099) and so qualifies for an exemption from CEQA, specifically Public Resources Code 21083.3 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 and Section 7 of the Local 2019 Guidelines for implementing CEQA, as the proposed amendments will have no new or more severe significant environmental effects “peculiar to” the Ordinance than discussed in the certified EIR and will have no significant off-site and cumulative impacts not discussed in that EIR as long as all applicable mitigation measures in the certified EIR will be undertaken; and, 2. Approve a Resolution recommending that the City Council adopt an Ordinance for Municipal Code Amendment (MCA) No. 25-001 and amend Chapter 30 of the Municipal Code. APPLICANT: City of Fontana 8353 Sierra Avenue Fontana, CA 92335 LOCATION: The Entertainment Center Overlay District Planning Area 1 - Approximately 119 acres generally located in the vicinity north of I-10 and Sierra Avenue; Planning Area 2 - Approximately 27 acres generally located in the vicinity north of Foothill Boulevard and Sierra Avenue; and Planning Area 3 Approximately 37 acres generally located in the vicinity north of Foothill Boulevard and Cherry Avenue. A map of the planning areas are included in Exhibit “A” to Attachment No. 1. Other changes and amendments to this Zoning and Development Code as described above in the project description are to be implemented Citywide. PROJECT PLANNER: Rina Leung, Senior Planner Alejandro Rico, Associate Planner

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