TO: 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: Master Case No. (MCN) 24-009 and Development Agreement No. (AGR) 24-003 Project Location - Specific: 11275 Sierra Avenue, Suite 3-E (APN: 0194-381-46) (a) Project Location - City: Fontana, CA 92335
(b) Project Location - County: San Bernardino
4. Description of nature, purpose, and beneficiaries of Project: Development Agreement with HS Fontana Retail, LLC which has a term of 3 years, with 2 year extension periods, will grant rights to develop and operate a commercial cannabis business at the Project site, an approximately 4,475 square feet of commercial building suite area located within an existing commercial shopping center (Sierra Crossroads) and includes minor interior tenant improvements to the existing building suite area, subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
Name of Public Agency approving project: City of Fontana Name of Person or Agency carrying out project: HS Fontana Retail, LLC 2151 E. Convention Center Way, Suite 235
Ontario, CA 91764
Exempt status: (Check one)
(a) _____ Ministerial project.
(b) _____ Not a project.
(c) _____ Emergency Project.
(d) __X__ Categorical Exemption. State type and class number: Exempt under Section No. 15301 (Class No. 1, Existing Facilities) of the California Environmental Quality Act (e) _____ Declared Emergency.
(f) _____ Statutory Exemption. State Code section number: _______________________ (g) _____ Other. Explanation: _______________________________________________ Reason why project was exempt: The whole of the Project, including the Development Agreement, has been reviewed and found to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities, as the cannabis retail use will be located in an existing commercial facility with no proposed expansion to the building and only making minor interior improvement.
Contact Person: Mai Thao, Assistant Planner Telephone: (909) 350-6650 Date Received for Filing: __________________________________ Salvador Quintanilla
Senior Planner
(Clerk Stamp Here)
ATTACHMENT NO. 3
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NOTICE OF EXEMPTION