PTO: Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
County of San Bernardino
385 N. Arrowhead Avenue, 2nd Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0130
FROM: City of Fontana
Planning Department
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
Project Title: Municipal Code Amendment (MCA) No. 21-001 to Establish Sustainability Standards to Improve Air and Environmental Quality for Warehouse (Industrial Commercial Center) Developments Throughout the City Project Location - Specific: Citywide
(a) Project Location - City: Fontana
(b) Project Location - County: San Bernardino
Description of nature, purpose, and beneficiaries of Project: Municipal Code Amendment (MCA) to amend Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code to add Article V to establish sustainability standards to improve air and environmental quality that includes buffering and screening requirements, regulations for signage, methods to improve traffic circulation, requirements for alternative energy, and improvements to operations and construction as it relates to (warehouse) industrial commercial center developments throughout the city.
Name of Public Agency approving project: City of Fontana Name of Person or Agency carrying out project: City of Fontana Exempt status: (Check one)
(a) _____ Ministerial project.
(b) _____ Not a project.
(c) _____ Emergency Project.
(d) __X__ Categorical Exemption. State type and class number Sections 15307 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources) and 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment) and Section No. 3.22 of the Local 2019 Guidelines for Implementing the CEQA. (e) _____ Declared Emergency.
(f) _____ Statutory Exemption. State Code section number: _______________________ (g) __ X__ Other. Explanation: ___15061(B)(3) (the common-sense exemption)_________ Reason why project was exempt: The Ordinance includes additional more restrictive standards for (warehouse) industrial commercial center developments to improve environmental quality and does not include the construction of any structures. All new projects involving construction of warehouses (industrial commercial centers) will continue to be subject to an Administrative Site Plan/Design Review, where a project-specific analysis based on location and project details will be conducted, subject to CEQA review/documentation. Therefore, all industrial commerce center projects will be subject to CEQA, standard Conditions of Approval, and all other State/Federal/Local requirements.
Contact Person: Rina Leung, Senior Planner Telephone: (909) 350-6566 Date Received for Filing: __________________________________ DiTanyon Johnson
Principal Planner
(Clerk Stamp Here) ATTACHMENT NO. 5
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
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