FROM:
Planning Department
TITLE:
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Master Case No 25-0011 and Municipal Code Amendment No. 25-0001: Fontana Municipal Code amendments to Chapter 30 (Zoning and Development Code) to establish a new entertainment center overlay district with three (3) Entertainment Center planning areas (nodes) with land use restrictions and requirements; revisions to the land use tables in Form Based Code (FBC) (Downtown Gateway, Sierra Gateway, Route 66 Gateway, and Valley Gateway) and Commercial Zoning Districts for parcels that have frontage along Foothill Boulevard between IIex Street to Maple Avenue and along Sierra Avenue from I-10 to Randall Avenue; revise the permit requirements for farmers markets; revise the nonconforming provisions; and include requirements for Route 66 signage along Foothill Boulevard, pursuant to a determination that the amendment is exempt from CEQA under CEQA Guidelines section 15162, 15164, and 15183 because it is consistent with the certified General Plan Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) (State Clearinghouse [SCH] No. 2016021099).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission continue the item to April 15, 2025.
APPLICANT:
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
LOCATION:
The Entertainment Center Overlay District Planning Area (Node) 1 - Approximately 119 acres generally located in the vicinity north of I-10 and Sierra Avenue; Planning Area (Node) 2 - Approximately 27 acres generally located in the vicinity north of Foothill Boulevard and Sierra Avenue; and Planning Area (Node) 3, approximately 37 acres generally located in the vicinity north of Foothill Boulevard and Cherry Avenue. Other changes and amendments to this Zoning and Development Code as described above in the project description are to be implemented Citywide.
REQUEST:
A Municipal Code Amendment (MCA) No. 25-001, for amendments to Chapter 30 that will establish an Entertainment Overlay District that includes three (3) Entertainment Center planning areas (nodes) along with land use tables and other requirements. Other changes include revisions to the land use tables in Form Based Code (FBC) (Downtown Gateway, Sierra Gateway, Route 66 Gateway, and Valley Gateway) and Commercial Zoning Districts for parcels that have frontage along Foothill Boulevard between IIex Street to Maple Avenue and along Sierra Avenue from I-10 to Randall Avenue to: restrict certain auto/light industrial related uses; allow by right certain entertainment/recreational uses; modify regulations for Alcoholic Beverage Sales to allow by right for on-site alcoholic beverage sales license to restaurants (Bone fide Public Eating Place); modify the requirements for farmers markets. The amendment also revises the nonconforming provisions and include requirements for Route 66 signage along Foothill Boulevard.
PROJECT PLANNER:
Rina Leung, Senior Planner