ORDINANCE NO.
An Ordinance of the CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FONTANA approving Specific Plan Amendment No. 21-003 to amend the Southwest Industrial Park (SWIP) Specific Plan to for a comprehensive update that includes changes to the land use tables and revisions to the following: landscaping standards, registered vehicle storage requirements, definition of industrial repair, monument sign concept, setback/building placement, fencing requirements, single-family nonconforming rebuild percentages, and includes the change of land use designation of some properties within the swip to be redesignated from their current designation of Jurupa North Research and Development District (JND) to Slover West Industrial District (SWD) generally located south of Santa Ana Avenue, between Mulberry Avenue and Cherry Avenue, and north of Kaiser High School.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FONTANA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. City staff initiated Specific Plan Amendment No. 21-003 to amend the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan (SWIP) Specific Plan to revise the nonconforming provisions, definitions and land use table changes to provide additional clarity and consistency in SWIP as depicted in the Exhibit A.
Section 2. On March 15, 2022, the Planning Commission received public testimony and evidence presented by the applicant, City staff, and other interested parties, at the Public Hearing held with respect hereto on Specific Plan Amendment No. 21-003.
Section 3. On March 15, 2022, the Planning Commission approved Resolution No. PC 2022-009 and recommended approval to City Council of Specific Plan Amendment No. 21-003 and after carefully considering all information pertaining to the proposed project, including the staff report, findings, and all the information, evidence, and testimony presented at its public hearing on March 15, 2022.
Section 4. On July 12, 2022, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on Specific Plan Amendment No. 21-003 along with the entitlements referenced herein, received testimony, and the supporting documents in evidence, the City Council found that the Specific Plan Amendment is in conformance with the goals and policies of the General Plan to provide a community that is balanced between residential, commercial, and industrial that is developed to high standards and provides diverse economic and social opportunities for our citizens and those who wish to invest here.
Section 5. The City of Fontana City Council hereby makes the following findings for Specific Plan Amendment No. 21-003 in accordance with Section 30-67 “Purpose” of the Fontana Zoning and Development Code:
Finding: A Specific Plan may be amended by changing the development standards or zoning designation of any zone whenever such an amendment is deemed necessary to protect or promote the public's health, safety or general welfare or when modification is viewed as appropriate in the context of generally accepted planning principles, surrounding land uses, and the General Plan.
Findings of Fact: SWIP was adopted and June 12, 2012 and included language to regulate truck, trailer, warehouse, and industrial uses. SWIP is currently being implemented for approximately nine (9) years and staff found that some of the language relating to standards for registered vehicle storage, and industrial uses are confusing and outdated making this specific plan difficult to implement. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment to SWIP will amend these sections to provide clarity; thus, making the specific plan more user-friendly. In addition, the Specific Plan Amendment also includes the change of land use designation of some properties within the Southwest Industrial Park (SWIP) Specific Plan to be redesignated from their current designation of Jurupa North Research and Development District (JND) to Slover West Industrial District (SWD) to be consistent with existing surrounding uses. Therefore, the amendment would provide clarity and will improve implementation of the Specific Plan, which will be beneficial to the community to promote public welfare and furthers good planning principals.
Section 6. Based on the foregoing, the City of Fontana City Council determines that this project is that has been reviewed under a previous Final Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2009091089), pursuant to Sections 15162 through 15164, and Section 15183 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and Section 8.10 of the City of Fontana’s 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA.
Section 7. Specific Plan Amendment No. 21-003 is hereby approved, and the text and exhibits modified as shown on Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and by this reference incorporated; and Section 8. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of the adoption and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof, shall be published by the City Clerk at least once in the Herald News, a local newspaper of the general circulation, published and circulation in the City of Fontana, and henceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this July 26, 2022
READ AND APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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City Attorney
I, Germaine McClellan Key, City Clerk of the City of Fontana, and Ex-Officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance is the actual Ordinance adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 12th day of July 2022, and was finally passed and adopted not less than five days thereafter on the 26th day of July 2022, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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City Clerk of the City of Fontana
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Mayor of the City of Fontana
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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