NOTICE OF DETERMINATION
TO:
☒:
Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
State Clearinghouse
P. O. Box 3044, Room 113
Sacramento, CA 95812-3044
FROM:
Public Agency/Lead Agency Name:
City of Fontana
Address:
8353 Sierra Ave, Fontana CA 92335
Contact:
Alejandro Rico
Phone:
(909) 350-6558
Email:
[email protected]
TO:
☒
San Bernardino - County Clerk (Include County name)
Address: 222 W Hospitality Lane 1st Floor, San Bernardino, CA 92415 Lead Agency (if different from above)
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
SUBJECT: Filing of Notice of Determination in compliance with Section 21108 or 21152 of the Public Resources Code.
State Clearinghouse Number
(If submitted to SCH):
2016021099
Project Title: Master Case No. 25-0019 and Municipal Code Amendment No. 25-0007 Project Applicant (include address, telephone number and email address):
Alejandro Rico (Associate Planner), Planning Department, City of Fontana, 8353 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335, (909) 350-6558, [email protected] Specific Project Location – Identify street address and cross street or attach a map showing project site (preferably a USGS 15’ or 7 ½’ topographical map identified by quadrangle name):
City of Fontana: The boundaries are between Foothill Boulevard on the north, Randall Avenue on the south, Juniper Avenue on the east and Mango Avenue on the west.
General Project Location (City and/or County): City of Fontana, County: San Bernardino Project Description: Fontana Municipal Code amendments to Chapter 30 (Zoning and Development Code) to modify the sign code section to encourage attractive signage in the Downtown Core by allowing flexibility in design requirements and streamlining the approval process for creative signs, sign programs, wall signs, directional signage, awning signs, canopy signs, inlay signs, graphic projecting signs, projecting signs, holiday window signs and roof signage, and prohibiting feather and yard signs Identify the person or entity undertaking the project, including any private applicant, any other person undertaking an activity that receives financial assistance from the Public Agency as part of the project, and any person receiving a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement of use from the Public Agency as part of the project.
This is to advise that the (☒ Lead Agency or ☐ Responsible Agency) has approved the above described project on June 3, 2025 and has made the following determinations regarding the above described project:
The project [ ☐ will ☒ will not] have a significant effect on the environment. ☒
An Environmental Impact Report was prepared and certified for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA and reflects the independent judgment of the Lead Agency. Fontana General Plan and General Plan Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) (State Clearinghouse [SCH] No. 2016021099) was certified by City Council on November 13, 2018 ☐
A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA and reflects the independent judgment of the Lead Agency. ☐
A Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA and reflects the independent judgment of the Lead Agency. ☐
Mitigation measures [ ☐ were ☒ were not ]made a condition of the approval of the project. ☐
A Mitigation Monitoring or Reporting Plan [ ☐ was ☒ was not] adopted for this project. ☐
A Statement of Overriding Considerations [ ☐ was ☒ was not] adopted for this project. ☐
Findings [ ☒ were ☐ were not] made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA.
This is to certify that the Final EIR with comments and responses and record of project approval, or the Negative Declaration, is available to General Public at:
Custodian:
Location:
Date:
________________________________________
DiTanyon Johnson
Planning Manager
Clerk’s File Stamp:
Authority cited: Sections 21083, Public Resources Code.
Reference Section 21000-21174, Public Resources Code.
Notice of Determination
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