Via Accela Portal
August 26, 2025
Germaine Key
City Clerk’s Office
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
[email protected]
Patty Nevins
Director of Planning
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
[email protected]
[email protected]
Salvador Quintanilla, Senior Planner
Planning Department
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
[email protected]
Re: Appeal of August 19, 2025, Planning Commission Decision Approving Master Case No. 23-0101 (Conditional Use Permit No. 24-0022, Design Review No. 23-0024) and Class 32 Categorical Exemption
Dear City Clerk Key, Director Nevins, and Planner Quintanilla:
I am writing on behalf of Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (“SAFER”), regarding Master Case No. 23-0101 (Conditional Use Permit No. 24-0022, Design Review No. 23-0024), which proposes the construction of a mixed-use development consisting of 163 multi-family residential units located on a 3.5 acre site located on the northeast corner of Foothill Boulevard and Sultana Avenue on APNs 1110-331-13 and 1110-331-25 in the City of Fontana (“Project”). Through this letter, SAFER appeals the City of Fontana Planning Commission’s (“City”) August 19, 2025 decision to approve the Project based on the City’s reliance on a Class 32 Categorical Exemption for the Project.
The Planning Commission’s August 19, 2025, decision related to the Project should not be upheld because under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), the terms of the Class 32 Exemption do not apply because the Project site has value as habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species. SAFER requests that the City rescind the Project approvals, conduct an initial study, and prepare a CEQA document, whether a mitigated negative declaration or environmental impact report, to analyze and mitigate the Project’s environmental impacts.
Appeal of August 19, 2025, Planning Commission Decision Approving Master Case No. 23- 0101 (Conditional Use Permit No. 24-0022, Design Review No. 23-0024) and Class 32 Categorical Exemption
August 26, 2025
Sincerely,
Hayley Uno
Lozeau Drury LLP