Planning Commission
Regular MeetingFontana, CA · September 5, 2023
Agenda
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
Regular Agenda
Resolution PC No. 2023-030
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
6:00 PM
Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers
Planning Commission
Cathline Fort, Chair
Idilio Sanchez, Vice Chair
Ralph Thrasher, Secretary
Raj Sangha, Commissioner
Ricardo Quintana, Commissioner
Planning Commission Regular Agenda September 5, 2023
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
card located at the entrance to the right indicating your desire to speak on either a specific
agenda item or under Public Communications and give it to the City Clerk. Your name will be
called when it is your turn to speak. In compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(42 USC § 12132), the Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers 8353 Sierra Avenue Fontana, CA
92335 is wheelchair accessible, and a portable microphone is available. Upon request, this
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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.
A. Approval of Minutes
Approve the Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of August 15, 2023.
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CC-A Approval of Minutes of August 15, 2023. 21-2448
Attachments: Draft Planning Commission Minutes of August 15, 2023
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@fontanaca.gov. 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. 16-061R1 and Tentative Tract Map No. 20078 21-2457
(TTM No. 16-015) - a request to subdivide one (1) parcel of
approximately 9.5 gross acres, into 20 lots for the
development of single-family homes and five (5) letter lots (Lot
“A,” Lot “B,” Lot “C,” Lot “D,” and Lot “E”).
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission:
1. Open the public hearing, take testimony from anyone
wishing to speak, and close the public hearing; and,
2. Adopt a motion continuing the item to a date uncertain.
APPLICANT:
Highland R & S Plaza LLC
300 East Bonita Avenue, Box No. 697
San Dimas, CA 91773
LOCATION:
The project site is located approximately 140 feet north of the
intersection of Labrador Avenue and Moncton Way (at the
existing terminus of Moncton Way) and also known as Phase
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No. “4” of the Hunter’s Ridge Specific Plan (APN:
0226-421-06).
PROJECT PLANNER:
Jon S. Dille, Associate Planner
PH-B Master Case No. 22-128, Tentative Tract Map 22-008 (Tract No. 21-2445
20580) and Design Review No. 22-059; A request for a
determination that the Project has been reviewed under a
previous Final EIR, pursuant to Section 15126 and 15183 of the
CEQA Guidelines and section 8.10 of the City’s 2019 Local
CEQA Guidelines, and for the site and architectural review and
approval for the construction of 48 detached single-family
residences, including four (4) affordable residences, and a
project recreation area.
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. 2023- _____; and,
1. Find that the previously adopted Environmental Impact
Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2016021099) approved on
November 13, 2018, has adequately identified the impacts
associated with the project, no further review is required
pursuant to Section 15162 and 15183 of the California
Environmental Quality Act and Section 8.10 of the 2019 Local
Guidelines for Implementing CEQA, and direct staff to file a
Notice of Determination; and,
2. Approve Tentative Tract Map No. 22-008 (Tract No. 20580)
and Design Review No. 22-059.
APPLICANT:
Matt Livingston
550 North Larchment Blvd., Suite 201
Los Angeles, CA 90004
LOCATION:
The project site is located 15912, 15936 & 15956 Chase Road
(Accessor Parcel Number: 0228-151-17, -18 and -19).
PROJECT PLANNER:
Alejandro Rico, Associate Planner
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Attachments: Attachment No. 1 - Vicinity Map
Attachment No. 2 - Project Plans
Attachment No. 3 - Planning Commission Resolution, Finding,
and Conditions of Approval
Attachment No. 4 - Notice of Determination
Attachment No. 5 - Public Hearing Notice
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
A. None
NEW BUSINESS:
A. None
DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS:
A. Director Communications:
DC-A Upcoming cases scheduled for City Council and Planning 21-2449
Commission.
An update of future City Council agenda items for
September 5, 2023, September 12, 2023, and September 26,
2023 for the Planning Commission's information.
An update of future Planning Commission agenda items for
September 19, 2023 and October 3, 2023 for the Planning
Commission's information.
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, September 19,
2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers located at 8353 Sierra
Avenue, Fontana, California.
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