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. 25-0078, Municipal Code Amendment No. 25-0010 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 and 11109 Jasmine Street (APN: 0238-111-53) , 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. 25-0010 - Fontana Municipal Code amendment to Chapter 30 (Zoning and Development Code) pertaining to development standards and operating regulations in the Emergency Shelter Overlay. The amendment will also apply the overlay to a property at 11109 Jasmine Street.
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
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
(909) 350-6718
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:
☒ Other. Explanation:
The ordinance is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15378, and 15061(B)(3) (the common-sense exemption), and Sections No. 3.01, 3.22 and 10.59 of the 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA, in that the ordinance is covered by the rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and also by the common sense exemption which provides that, where it can be determined with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
Reason why project was exempt:
This project is a citywide amendment to Chapter 30 of the Zoning and Development Code regarding the Emergency Shelter Overlay. 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: February 10, 2026 Date:
________________________________
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”
Notice of Exemption
FORM “A”
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