City of Fontana
Planning Commission
Minutes
Joseph Armendarez, Chair
Ricardo Quintana, Vice Chair
Torrie Lozano, Secretary
Idilio Sanchez, Commissioner
Dylan Keetle, Commissioner
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 6:00 P.M. Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers PH- B Master Case No. 26-0007 and Municipal Code Amendment No. 26-0001: Fontana Municipal Code amendments to Chapter 30 to modify multiple sections of the Zoning and Development Code, including modifications to definitions for medical land uses in commercial zones, the definition and regulation of business parks, screening requirements for loading areas in industrial zones, and regulations in the Form-Based Code zone, including the definition of frontage coverage, maximum setback standards in the Route 66 Gateway sub-district, glazing requirements for the Shopfront frontage type, and landscaping in parking areas.
Chair Armendarez opened the Public Hearing.
No written correspondence was received.
Cecily Session-Goins, Assistant Planner, presented the staff report and noted a memorandum requesting the addition of language to Section 4 of the resolution clarifying that projects deemed complete under current standards may continue processing under those standards.
No individual spoke in favor or in opposition.
The Public Hearing was closed.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on information on the staff report staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. PC 2026-007; and, Determine that the Ordinance is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(B)(3) (the common-sense exemption), and 15378 and Sections No. 3.01, 3.22, and 10.59 of the 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA, in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment where it can be 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; and, Approve a resolution recommending that the City Council adopt an Ordinance for Municipal Code Amendment (MCA) No. 26-0001 to amend Chapter 30 of the Municipal Code.
ACTION: Motion was made by Secretary Lozano and seconded by Commissioner Keetle and passed by a vote of 5-0 to approve Public Hearing Item “B” and adopt Resolution No. PC 2026-007 with amended conditions of approval.
The motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: Chair Armendarez, Vice Chair Quintana, Secretary Lozano, and Commissioners Sanchez and Keetle NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None; ABSENT: None
ATTACHMENT NO. 3
Planning Commission Minutes March 17, 2026