Planning Commission
Regular MeetingFontana, CA · October 4, 2022
Agenda
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
Regular Agenda
Resolution PC No. 2022-041
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
6:00 PM
Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers
Planning Commission
Cathline Fort, Chair
Raj Sangha, Vice Chair
Idilio Sanchez, Secretary
Matthew Gordon, Commissioner
Ralph Thrasher, Commissioner
Planning Commission Regular Agenda October 4, 2022
Welcome to a meeting of the Fontana Planning Commission.
Welcome to a meeting of the Fontana Planning Commission. A complete agenda packet is
located in the binder on the table in the lobby of the Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers 8353
Sierra Avenue Fontana, CA 92335. To address the Planning Commission, please fill out a
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agenda item or under Public Communications and give it to the City Clerk. Your name will be
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CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:
A. Call To Order/Roll Call:
INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
A. Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance:
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS:
This is an opportunity for citizens to speak to the Planning Commission for up to three minutes
on items not on the Agenda, but within the Planning Commission's jurisdiction. The Planning
Commission is prohibited by law from discussing or taking immediate action on non-agendized
items.
A. Public Communications:
CONSENT CALENDAR:
All matters listed under CONSENT CALENDAR will be enacted by one motion in the form
listed below. There will be no separate discussion on these items prior to the time Planning
Commission votes on them, unless a member of the Planning Commission requests a specific
item be removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Does any member of the public
wish to address the Planning Commission regarding any item on the Consent Calendar before
the vote is taken?
A. Approval of Minutes
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Approve the Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of Tuesday, September 20,
2022.
Approval of Minutes of September 20, 2022. 21-1749
Attachments: Draft Planning Commission Minutes of September 20, 2022
Approve Consent Calendar Item as recommended by staff.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
To comment on Public Hearing Items, you may submit comments via e-mail at
planning@fontana.org. In the subject of your e-mail please indicate whether you are in favor
or opposition of the item. Comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of
the meeting. You may also fill out a card at the meeting and give it to the City Clerk. Public
Comments should be no longer than three (3) minutes. If you challenge in court any action
taken concerning a Public Hearing item, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or
someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice or in written
correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.
All Public Hearings will be conducted following this format:
(a) hearing opened (e) oral - favor
(b) written communication (f) oral - opposition
(c) council/staff comments (g) hearing closed
(d) applicant comments
PH-A Master Case No. 22-068; General Plan Amendment No. 22-006 21-1736
and Zone Change No. 22-008 - A request to amend the general
plan land use map and zoning district map in order to provide
consistence and cohesiveness for parcels 0241-051-02, -13,
-13 and -32 and development sites in the immediate vicinity.
(Continued from September 20, 2022)
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the information contained in this staff report and
attached Exhibits, staff recommends that the Planning
Commission adopt Resolution No. PC 2022-____; and forward
a recommendation to the City Council to:
1. Determine that the project has been reviewed under a
previous Final Environmental Impact Report, pursuant to
Sections 15162 and 5164 of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and Section 8.10 of the City of
Fontana’s 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA, an
Addendum to the City of Fontana General Plan Environmental
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Impact Report (State Clearinghouse [SCH] No. 2016021099);
and
2. Adopt a Resolution approving General Plan Amendment No.
22-006; and
3. Adopt an Ordinance approving Zone Change No. 22-008.
APPLICANT:
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
LOCATION:
The project includes two sites:
Site 1: One parcel located on the south side of Baseline
Avenue, approximately 290 feet east of Juniper Avenue (APN
0241-151-13)
Site 2: Three parcels including 16835 Baseline Avenue (APN
0241-051-16), 16818 Montgomery Avenue (APN 0241-051-02)
and 16844 Montgomery Avenue (APN 0241-051-32)
PROJECT PLANNER:
Cecily Session-Goins, Associate Planner
Attachments: Attachment No. 1 - General Plan Exhibit
Attachment No. 2 - Zoning Exhibit
Attachment No. 3 - Project Aerial Map
Attachment No. 4 - Planning Commission Resolution
Attachment No. 5 - Addendum to the General Plan
Environmental Impact Report
Attachment No. 6 - Public Hearing Notice
PH-B Master Case No. 21-079, Tentative Parcel Map No. 20400 (TPM 21-1713
No. 21-016, and Design Review No. 21-028, for the
development of 406 multi-family unit complex with various
amenities on a site of approximately 10.2 adjusted gross
acres.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the information in the staff report and subject to the
attached Findings and Conditions of Approval, staff
recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution
PC No. 2022-___; and,
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1. Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration, Mitigation,
Monitoring, and Reporting Program, (MMRP) and direct staff to
file a Notice of Determination;
2. Approve Tentative Parcel Map No. 20400 (TPM No. 21-016);
and
3. Approve Design Review No. 21-028.
APPLICANT:
Begonia Real Estate Development
300 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite No. 400
Irvine, CA 92618
LOCATION:
The project site is located at 15926 Foothill Boulevard, 15922
Foothill Boulevard, 15976 Foothill Boulevard and 8016 Tokay
Avenue (APNs: 1110-361-15, -16, -22, and -23).
PROJECT PLANNER:
Salvador Quintanilla, Senior Planner
Attachments: Attachment No. 1 - Vicinity Map
Attachment No. 2 - Tentative Parcel Map No. 20400
Attachment No. 3 - Project Plans
Attachment No. 4 - Planning Commission Resolution, Findings,
and Conditions of Approval
Attachment No. 5 - Notice of Determination
Attachment No. 6 - Notice of Intent and Public Hearing Notice
PH-C Master Case No. 21-120; General Plan Amendment No. 21-008; 21-1718
Zoning Code Amendment No. 21-010; Tentative Tract Map
20521 (TTM No. 21-007); Design Review Project No. 21-043 - A
request to develop 68 attached condominium units with
fourteen buildings on a 4.6-acre lot near the intersection of
South Highland Avenue and Citrus Avenue.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the information in the staff report and subject to the
attached Findings and Conditions of Approval, staff
recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution
PC No. 2022-___; and, forward a recommendation to the City
Council to:
1. Adopt the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and
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Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and direct staff
to file the Notice of Determination and,
2. Adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment No.
21-008; and,
3. Adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Code Amendment No.
21-010; and,
4. Adopt a resolution approving Tentative Tract Map No. 20521
(TTM No. 21-007); and Design Review No. 21-043.
APPLICANT:
PRL Enterprises
6997 Citrus, LLC
16866 Seville Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
LOCATION:
6697 Citrus Avenue, Fontana, CA 92336 (APN: 0240-011-17).
PROJECT PLANNER:
Alejandro Rico, Associate Planner
Attachments: Attachment No. 1 - Vicinity Map
Attachment No. 2 - Project Plans
Attachment No. 3 - General Plan Amendment
Attachment No. 4 - Zoning Code Amendment
Attachment No. 5 - Planning Commission Resolution, Findings,
and Conditions of Approval
Attachment No. 6 - Public Hearing Notice
PH-D Master Case No. 22-051 and Design Review No. 22-027 - a 21-1707
proposal to construct a three (3) story, 24-unit apartment
project located in the Multi-Family subdistrict of the
Form-Base Code on a single parcel totaling approximately 0.7
adjusted gross acres.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the information in the staff report and subject to the
attached Findings and Conditions of Approval, staff
recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution
PC No. 2022-___; and,
1. Determine that the project is categorically exempt pursuant
to Section No. 15332 (Class No. 32, Infill Development), and
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Section No. 3.22 of the 2019 Local Guidelines for
Implementing the CEQA, and direct staff to file a Notice of
Exemption; and,
2. Approve Design Review No. 22-027.
APPLICANT:
Andresen Architecture
17087 Orange Way
Fontana, CA 92335
LOCATION:
8969 Newport Avenue (APN: 0194-012-02).
PROJECT PLANNER:
Jon Dille, Associate Planner
Attachments: Attachment No. 1 - Vicinity Map
Attachment No. 2 - Project Plan
Attachment No. 3 - PC Resolution
Attachment No. 4 - Notice of Exemption
Attachment No. 5 - Notice of Hearing
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
A. None
NEW BUSINESS:
A. None
DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS:
A. Director Communications:
Upcoming cases scheduled for City Council and Planning 21-1750
Commission.
An update of future City Council agenda items for October
11, 2022 and October 25, 2022 for the Planning
Commission's information.
An update of future Planning Commission agenda items for
October 18, 2022 for the Planning Commission's
information.
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Attachments: Upcoming City Council Items Memo
Upcoming Planning Commission Items Memo
COMMISSION COMMENTS:
A. Planning Commission Remarks:
WORKSHOP:
A. None
ADJOURNMENT:
A. Adjournment
Adjourn to the next Regular Planning Commission Meeting on Tuesday, October 18, 2022
at 6:00 p.m. in the Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers located at 8353 Sierra Avenue,
Fontana, California.
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