25-0316
A Resolution of the Planning Commission Recommending that City Council Adopt the 2025 State of California Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 51177-51179 and Amend Chapter 30, Article IX (Overlay Districts), Division 8 (Fire Hazard Overlay District), Section 30-656(a) of the City of Fontana Zoning and Development Code pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065, CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) and (b)(5), and section 10.59 of the City’s 2019 Local CEQA Guidelines. 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. Designate Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) within the Local Responsibility Area identified by the 2025 State of California Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map updated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE) as required by Government Code Sections 51177-51179; and, 2. Amend Chapter 30, Article IX (Overlay Districts), Division 8 (Fire Hazard Overlay District), Section 30-656(a) of the City of Fontana Zoning and Development Code in its entirety to reference the updated FHSZ maps and associated text; and, 3. Determine that the Adoption of the 2025 State of California Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant. It has no potential to result in a physical change to the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect change to the environment, and it does not commit the City to any project that could have a significant effect on the environment. APPLICANT: City of Fontana LOCATION: City-Wide STAFF: Jeffrey Baughman, Director of Building and Safety
- Committee
- Planning Commission
- Introduced
- June 9, 2025
- On agenda
- June 17, 2025