NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
TO:
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Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
State Clearinghouse
P. O. Box 3044, Room 113
Sacramento, CA 95812-3044
FROM: (Public Agency)
Name:
City of Fontana
Address:
8353 Sierra Ave, Fontana CA 92335
Telephone:
909-350-6568
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Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
or
County Clerk (Include County name)
Address:
Project Title:
Master Case No. 24-0073, Municipal Code Amendment No. 24-0006 Project Applicant (include address, telephone number and email address):
City of Fontana, Planning Department, 8353 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335, Cecily Session-Goins, Associate Planner, (909) 350-6723, [email protected] Project Location – Identify street address and cross streets or attach a map showing project site (preferably a USGS 15’ or 7 1/2’ topographical map identified by quadrangle name):
Citywide, City of Fontana, County of San Bernardino
Project Location – City: Fontana
Project Location – County: San Bernardino
Description of nature, purpose, and beneficiaries of Project:
The project is Municipal Code Amendment No. 24-0006 - Fontana Municipal Code amendment to Chapter 30 (Zoning and Development Code) pertaining to accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
Name of Public Agency approving project:
City of Fontana
Name of Person or Agency undertaking the project, including any person undertaking an activity that receives financial assistance from the Public Agency as part of the activity or the person receiving a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement of use from the Public Agency as part of the activity:
City of Fontana
Exempt status: (check one)
☐ Ministerial project.
(Pub. Resources Code § 21080(b)(1); State CEQA Guidelines § 15268) ☐ Not a project.
State CEQA Guidelines 15050(c)(2)-(3)
☐ Declared Emergency
(Pub. Resources Code § 21080(b)(3); State CEQA Guidelines § 15269(a)) ☐ Emergency Project.
(Pub. Resources Code § 21080(b)(4); State CEQA Guidelines § 15269(b),(c)) ☐ Categorical Exemption.
State type and section number:
☒ Statutory Exemption.
State Code section number:
Per California Public Resources Code section 21080.17, CEQA does not apply to the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county implementing the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code, which is California’s ADU law and which also regulates JADUs, as defined by section 66313. ☐ Other. Explanation:
Reason why project was exempt:
This project is a citywide amendment to Chapter 30 of the Fontana Municipal Code pertaining to accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. There is no associated development with this project.
Lead Agency Contact Person:
Telephone:
Cecily Session-Goins, Associate Planner
909-350-6723
If filed by applicant: Attach Certificate of Determination (Form “B”) before filing.
Was a public hearing held by the Lead Agency to consider the exemption? Yes ☒ No ☐ If yes, the date of the public hearing was: April 8, 2025 Date:
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Signature
Name: Rina Leung
Title: Senior Planner
☒ Signed by Lead Agency
☐ Signed by Applicant
Date Received for Filing:
(Clerk Stamp Here)
Authority cited: Sections 21083 and 21110, Public Resources Code.
Reference: Sections 21108, 21152, and 21152.1, Public Resources Code.
Notice of Exemption
FORM “A”
Attachment No. 3