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June 24, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final ·Adjourned from June 17, 2024 Regular Planning Commission Meeting. Resolution No. PC 2025-021

Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers

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Agenda — 31 items

  1. 1 Welcome to a meeting of the Fontana Planning Commission. ▶ jump to 23:28
  2. 1 Rollcall ▶ jump to 0:01
  3. 2 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: ▶ jump to 24:40
  4. 2 Note ▶ jump to 23:27
  5. A. Call To Order/Roll Call:
  6. 3 Note ▶ jump to 23:27
  7. 4 INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ▶ jump to 25:10
  8. A. Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance: ▶ jump to 25:16
  9. 6 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS: ▶ jump to 27:20
  10. A. Public Communications: ▶ jump to 27:25
  11. 8 CONSENT CALENDAR: ▶ jump to 27:28
  12. A. Approval of Minutes ▶ jump to 27:29
  13. CC-A Approval of Minutes of June 3, 2025. 25-0341 adopt Pass ▶ jump to 28:02
  14. 11 Approve Consent Calendar Item as recommended by staff.
  15. 12 PUBLIC HEARINGS: ▶ jump to 28:10
  16. 13 All Public Hearings will be conducted following this format: ▶ jump to 28:11
  17. PH-A 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 25-0342 adopt Pass ▶ jump to 36:53
  18. PH-B Master Case No. 25-020 and Municipal Code Amendment (MCA) No. 25-005: Fontana Municipal Code Amendments to Chapter 30 (Zoning and Development Code) to adopt objective design standards for residential and mixed-use development projects subject to streamlined and ministerial review under State of California law, pursuant to Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section No. 3.22 and 3.07 of the 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA. RECOMMENDATION: Based on information in the staff report, staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. PC 2025-___; and, 1. Determine that this Ordinance is exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(B)(3) (the common-sense exemption) and 15378 and Sections 3.01, 3.22, and 10.59 of the 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA, in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment where it can be with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in quest may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA; and, 2. Approve a resolution recommending that the City Council adopt an Ordinance for Municipal Code Amendment (MCA) No. 25-005 to amend Chapter 30 of the Municipal Code. APPLICANT: City of Fontana 8353 Sierra Avenue Fontana, CA 92335 LOCATION: Citywide PROJECT PLANNER: Cecily Session-Goins, Associate Planner 25-0343 continue Pass ▶ jump to 51:27
  19. 16 UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
  20. A. None
  21. 18 NEW BUSINESS:
  22. A. None
  23. 20 DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS: ▶ jump to 51:51
  24. A. Director Communications:
  25. DC-A Upcoming cases scheduled for City Council and Planning Commission. An update of future City Council agenda items for July 1, 2025 for the Planning Commission's information. An update of future Planning Commission agenda items for June 24, 2025 for the Planning Commission's information. 25-0344
  26. 23 COMMISSION COMMENTS: ▶ jump to 52:18
  27. A. Planning Commission Remarks:
  28. 25 WORKSHOP:
  29. A. None
  30. 27 ADJOURNMENT: ▶ jump to 54:39
  31. A. Adjournment