Next Resolution No. PC 2013-08

CITY OF FONTANA
Regular Planning Commission Meeting
November 5, 2013
Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers
8353 Sierra Ave
Fontana, CA 92335
6:00 PM

Welcome to the meeting of the City of Fontana Planning Commission. A complete agenda packet is located in the binder on the table in the lobby of the Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers Fontana, CA 92335. To address the Planning Commission, please fill out a card located at the entrance to the left indicating your desire to speak on either a specific agenda item or under Public Communications and give it to the Planning Commission Secretary. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. In compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act, the Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers Fontana, CA 92335 is wheel chair accessible and a portable microphone is available.
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CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:
A.6:00 P.M. Call To Order/Roll Call
INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
A.Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS:
This is an opportunity for citizens to speak to the Planning Commission for up to five minutes on items not on the Agenda, but within the Planning Commission's jurisdiction. The Planning Commission is prohibited by law from discussing or taking immediate action on non-agendized items.
A.Public Communications
CONSENT CALENDAR:
All matters listed under CONSENT CALENDAR will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below - there will be no separate discussion on these items prior to the time Planning Commission votes on them, unless a member of the Planning Commission requests a specific item be removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Does any member of the public wish to address the Planning Commission regarding any item on the Consent Calendar before the vote is taken?
A.Approval of Minutes
Approve the Planning Commission Minutes of October 1, 2013, and October 15, 2013, and the Joint City Council/Planning Commission Minutes of September 6, 2013.
Approve Consent Calendar Items as recommended by staff.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
To speak on Public Hearing Items, fill out a card at the microphone stand indicating favor or opposition and give it to the Planning Commission Clerk. Each person will be allowed five minutes to address the Planning Commission. If you challenge in court any action taken concerning a Public Hearing item, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.
 All Public Hearings will be conducted following this format:
 (a)hearing opened(e)oral - favor
 (b)written communication(f)oral - opposition
 (c)council/staff comments(g)hearing closed
 (d)applicant comments (applicant not limited to 5 minutes)
A.MCN No. 13-001 (SPA No. 13-001/ZCA No. 13-003) - Electric Fence Ordinance (Cont'd from 10-1-13)
Based on the information in the staff analysis, staff recommends that the Planning Commission:
 
1.    Determine that ZCA No. 13-003 and SPA No. 13-001 are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities), and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption;    
 
2.    Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 13-______, a resolution recommending that the City Council approve:  
 
a.    Ordinance No. _______, to allow electric fencing within the Speedway Industrial, Freeway Industrial, Slover West, Slover East, Slover Central, Jurupa North, and Jurupa South land use districts of the SWIP Specific Plan (SPA No. 13-001) subject to the electric fence development standards outlined in Exhibit A.  
 
b.    Ordinance No.______, to allow electric fencing within the General Industrial (M-2) zoning district within the Fontana Gateway Specific Plan (SPA No. 13-001) subject to the electric fence development standards outlined in Exhibit A;  
 
c.    Ordinance No.______, to allow electric fencing within the Light Industrial (M-1) and General Industrial (M-2) zoning districts (ZCA No. 13-003) as depicted on the most recently adopted Zoning District Map subject to the electric fencing development standards outlined in Exhibit A; and  
 
d.    Deny the request to allow electric fencing within all permitted and conditionally permitted land uses located in the General Commercial (C-2) zoning district as depicted on the most recently adopted Zoning District Map.   
 
APPLICANT:  
Sentry Security
Michael Pate
121 Executive Center Drive, Suite 230
Columbia, South Carolina, 29210  
 
REQUEST:  
Sentry Security, the manufacturer of the Electric Guard Dog Fence, requests approval of the following:
 
1.    Specific Plan Amendment (SPA) No. 13-001: An amendment to allow electric fences within all land use districts within the Fontana Gateway Specific Plan and the Southwest Industrial Park (SWIP) Specific Plan.  
 
2.    Zone Code Amendment (ZCA) No. 13-003: An amendment to the City of Fontana Zoning and Development Code (Chapter 30) to allow electric fencing within the Light Industrial (M-1), and General Industrial (M-2), zoning districts; and select land uses within the General Commercial (C-2) zoning district.
 
LOCATION:
Light Industrial (M-1) zoning district
General Industrial (M-2) zoning district                                    
General Commercial (C-2) zoning district                                    
Southwest Industrial Park (SWIP) Specific Plan                                    
Fontana Gateway Specific Plan  
 
PROJECT PLANNER:               
Shawnika Johnson, AICP, Assistant Planner
B.Administrative Site Plan No. 13-029 - Carl’s Junior/Green Burrito Restaurant

Based on the information in this staff report, and providing the Planning Commission makes the required findings, staff recommends that the Planning Commission:

  1. Determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section No. 15301 (Class No. 1, Existing Facilities), and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption; and,
  2. Approve Administrative Site Plan No. 13-029 subject to the attached Findings and Conditions of Approval.
APPLICANT:
Mr. Steve Rosenbloom
National Sign & Marketing Corporation
13580 5th Street
Chino, CA 91710

REQUEST:
Review and approval of an Administrative Site Plan to change the façade of the existing Carl’s Junior/Green Burrito Restaurant: Construct a new parapet wall over the main entrance and drive-thru to create a tower element with an eight (8) inch light-emitting diode (LED) lighted edge; add a 10.5 inch metal cornice to the top of the existing parapet wall including a one inch LED lighted band underneath the cornice; and change-out the existing tile roof with a metal panel roof system.

LOCATION:
The project site is an irregularly-shaped property consisting of three (3) parcels (APNs: 0193-151-03, -45, and -46) of approximately 1.3 adjusted gross acres located on the southwest corner of Merrill Avenue and Sierra Avenue and having a frontage of approximately 180 feet on the south side of Merrill Avenue, a second frontage of approximately 232 feet on the west side of Sierra Avenue, and a depth of approximately 280 feet at the south property line. The site is further identified as 8924 Sierra Avenue.

PROJECT PLANNER:
Jon S. Dille, Assistant Planner
C.General Plan Amendment No. 12-008, Zone Change No. 12-005, Zone Change No. 13-001, Conditional Use Permit No. 12-041, Design Review No. 12-022, Tentative Parcel Map No. 19431 (Sierra Warehouse Project)
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission request and receive public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), provide staff with comments on the DEIR, and direct staff to prepare the Final EIR and schedule the project for a future public hearing.  
 
APPLICANT:
Pacific Industrial
Dan Florani
6272 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite E
Long Beach, CA, 90803
 
REQUEST:
To receive comments on the DEIR for a proposed project consisting of General Plan Amendment No. 12-008, Zone Change No. 12-005, Zone Change No. 13-001, Conditional Use Permit No. 12-041, Design Review No. 12-022, and Tentative Parcel Map No. 19431, all for the construction of a proposed 742,142 square foot warehouse.
 
LOCATION:
The project site is located on Sierra Avenue north of the 210 Freeway. The project site is an irregularly-shaped property consisting of six (6) parcels (APNs: 0239-161-16, -23, -25, -26, -27, and -43) of approximately 39.2 gross acres, located approximately 330 feet north of the intersection of Summit Avenue and Sierra Avenue and having a frontage of approximately 1,000 feet on the east side of Sierra Avenue and a depth of approximately 1,312 feet east of Sierra Avenue.
 
PROJECT PLANNER:
DiTanyon Johnson, Associate Planner
 
D.General Plan Amendment No. 13-004 and Zone Change No. 13-006 - Frontier Homes
Basesed on the information in this staff report, staff recommends that the Planning Commission:
 
  1. Adopt Resolution PC No. 2013- ____ forwarding a recommendation to the City Council to:
  • Adopt the Negative Declaration and direct staff to file a Notice of Determination;  
  • Adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment No. 13-004; and,        
  • Adopt an ordinance approving Zone Change No. 13-006.
APPLICANT:  
Lonnie Ellisor
Frontier Enterprises
8300 Utica Avenue Suite 300
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730  
 
REQUEST:  
The applicant is requesting a General Plan amendment request to change the General Plan land use map from Single-Family Residential (R-SF) to Medium Density Residential (R-M); a zone change request to change the zoning district map from Single-Family Residential (R-1) to Medium Density Residential (R-2).  

LOCATION:
 
The project site is a rectangularly-shaped property consisting of one parcel (APN: 1110-391-02) of approximately 4.7 adjusted gross acres located approximately 1,050 feet north of the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Almeria Avenue, and having a frontage of approximately 330 feet on the west side of Almeria Avenue and a depth of approximately 630 feet. The site is further identified as 7950 Almeria Avenue.  
 
PROJECT PLANNER:
Paul Gonzales  
E.PLN No. 11-006 - Conditional Use Permit No. 11-001, Administrative Site Plan No. 11-004, Tentative Parcel Map No. 11-002 (TPM No. 19316), Variance No. 11-001 - AM/PM Gas Station
Based on the above information and subject to the attached Findings and Conditions of Approval, staff recommends that the Planning Commission:

1.    Determine that the project is Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section No. 15302, (Class No. 2, Replacement or Reconstruction) of the California Environmental Quality Act and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption;

2.    Revoke Conditional Use Permit No. 97-003; and,

3.    Approve Conditional Use Permit No. 11-001, Administrative Site Plan No. 11-004, Tentative Parcel Map No. 11-002 (TPM No. 19316) and Variance No. 11-001.

APPLICANT:
Sater Bros
Mark Sater
1875 Rancho Hills Drive
Chino Hills, CA, 91709

REQUEST:
A Conditional Use Permit request to permit an AM/PM gas station with a drive-thru car wash and a “Type 20” ABC License for off-sale beer and wine. An Administrative Site Plan request for site and architectural review to construct an approximately 4,207 square foot retail building with a convenience store (AM/PM) and a fast food restaurant (Building 1), a 970 square foot drive-thru car wash, a fuel pump canopy, and a 3,500 square foot fast food restaurant (Building 2).

LOCATION:
The project site is a rectangularly-shaped property consisting of two parcels (APNs: 0194-331-14 and -15) of approximately 1.4 adjusted gross acres and is located at the northeast corner of Valley Boulevard and Sierra Avenue and having an approximate frontage of 208 feet on the north side of Valley Boulevard and an approximate frontage of 294 feet on the east side of Sierra Avenue. The site is further identified as 10087 Sierra Avenue.

PROJECT PLANNER:
Orlando Hernandez, Senior Planner
F.MCN 12-036: DRP No. 12-013/CUP No. 12-021 (32 Condominiums)
Based on the above information and subject to the attached Findings and Conditions of Approval, staff recommends that the Planning Commission:  
 
1.    Adopt the Negative Declaration and direct staff to file the attached Notice of Determination;
 
2.    Approve Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 12-021, and;
 
3.    Approve Design Review No. 12-013.  
 
APPLICANT:                        
Archimetrics
Jay Nelson
370 West 6th Street, Suite 210
San Bernardino, CA 92401  
 
REQUEST:
Design Review No. 12-013 is a request to develop 32 condominiums on approximately 2.7 acres in the General Commercial (C-2) zone within the  Boulevard Overlay district. The applicant has also submitted Conditional Use Permit No. 12-021 as required by the Zoning and Development Code (Chapter 30), to allow residential units within the Boulevard Overlay district.   
 
LOCATION:  
The project site is an irregularly-shaped area of land on one parcel (APN 0192-371-01) totaling approximately 2.7 gross acres located on the north side of Arrow Boulevard approximately 424 feet west of the intersection of Arrow Boulevard and Tamarind Avenue and having approximately 217 feet of frontage along the north side of Arrow Boulevard. The project site is also identified as 17582 Arrow Boulevard.
 
PROJECT PLANNER:         
Shawnika Johnson, AICP
Assistant Planner        
OTHER COMMISSION BUSINESS:
A.Acceptance of Resignation Letter
Accept Commissioner Jasmin A. Hall's letter of resignation from the Planning Commission effective October 24, 2013.
B.Election of Secretary of the Planning Commission
Staff requests that the Planning Commission elect the office of Secretary for the remaining term to expire on April 2, 2014.  
DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS:
A.Director Communications
Upcoming Cases scheduled for City Council and Planning Commission:

An update of future City Council agenda items for November 12, 2013, November 26, 2013, and December 10, 2013, meetings for the Planning Commission's information.  An update of future Planning Commission agenda items for the November 19, 2013, and December 3, 2013 meetings, for the Planning Commission's information.
B.Housing Element Compliance-High Density Residential Zoning Districts
Director's Report
COMMISSION COMMENTS:
A.Planning Commission Remarks
ADJOURNMENT:
A.
To adjourn to the next Regular Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday November 19, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Grover W. Taylor City Council Chambers located at 8353 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, California.
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