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) 24-0076 and Development Agreement No. (AGR) 24-006 Project Location - Specific: 15911 Highland Avenue, Southeast corner of Highland Avenue and Catawba Avenue (APN: 0228-830-01) (a) Project Location - City: Fontana, CA 92336
(b) Project Location - County: San Bernardino
4. Description of nature, purpose, and beneficiaries of Project: Development Agreement with Catalyst- Fontana, 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, subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
Name of Public Agency approving project: City of Fontana Name of Person or Agency carrying out project: Catalyst - Fontana LLC 401 Pine Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802
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 15301 (Class No. 1 – Existing Facilities) of the California Environmental Quality Act and Sections No. 3.22 (Categorical Exemption) of the 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA. (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. 5
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NOTICE OF EXEMPTION