The Fontana Planning Commission recently unanimously approved a plan to erect two new industrial/commerce center buildings, totaling 41,218 and 30,767 square feet, respectively. The project returned to the Planning Commission on June 4, 2019, following a challenge by the Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (SAFER). “At that time, staff presented a memo to the Planning Commission requesting that the project be continued off calendar so that staff could adequately respond to a general comment letter submitted by SAFER,” the staff report said. “The Applicant has submitted a justification memo with technical studies to support the Categorical Exemptions under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332.
“Staff has reviewed and concurred with the analysis in the justification memo.” The individual project sites were originally part of the same land parcel, which the commission approved for division into two parcels. Building No. 1 and Building No. 2 will each be located on a project site north of Hilton Drive and west of Hemlock Avenue — occupying 2.29 acres and 1.69 acres, respectively, for a total area of 3.98 acres.
According to the staff report, each…