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
Engineering Department
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
Project Title: Zoning Code Amendment (MCA) No. 22-003 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FONTANA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE X, GENERAL LANDSCAPE STANDARDS OF THE FONTANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH WATER EFFICENCY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR THE REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT.
Project Location - Specific: Citywide
(a) Project Location - City: Fontana
(b) Project Location - County: San Bernardino
Description of nature, purpose, and beneficiaries of Project Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA) to amend Chapter 30, Article X of the Municipal Code to update the citywide Zoning and Development Code general landscape standards for new and rehabilitated landscaping for water efficiency and regulatory consistency.
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 amendment will address landscape design standards for new and rehabilitated landscape development for water efficiency. The ordinance will provide consistency between the Article and other policies and ordinances including the adopted Model Water Efficiency Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), Active Transportation Plan, Industrial Commerce Center Sustainability Ordinance, and others and codify landscape related policies already in place such as MS4 Permit Low Impact Development (LID) measures, use of artificial turf, and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) standards; and, Increase tree canopy coverage Contact Person: Shannon J. Casey, AICP, Senior Engineer Telephone: (909) 350-6523 Date Received for Filing: __________________________________ DiTanyon Johnson
Principal Planner
(Clerk Stamp Here) ATTACHMENT NO. 3
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
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