Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

all right good evening welcome to the city of fontana's regular planning commission meeting on today's date september 15th 2026 here at the steelworkers auditorium i would like to remind the audience that this is a meeting and is a business meeting and as such while the commission welcomes all members of the public to participate In open discussion regarding matters in the session's meeting agendas, speakers must conduct themselves appropriately so that the Commission has the ability to listen and consider all of the information and comments related to the agenda item. To deliberate on all the items and context that allow for all viewpoints to be heard and respected. Please remember that disturbing a public meeting is a criminal offense. The City of Fontana is authorized by law to ensure the order of conduct of this meeting Engaging in conduct that disrupts this meeting may result in your microphone being muted and if the disruption continues, a request to leave the meeting if the disruptive conduct persists after a warning. Disruptive behavior including verbal and nonverbal outbursts that prohibit this meeting from continuing in an early fashion. I would like to call to order the meeting of the Fontana Planning Commission. City Clerk, will you please call for attendance?

Yes, Chair. Commissioner Gilbert Rodin.

Present.

Commissioner Kittle. Present. Secretary Lozano. Present. Vice Chair Quintana. Present. And Chair, you are here.

All right, moving forward, we're gonna move forward with our invocation and pledge of allegiance, the invocation and pledge. Can we please stand for the invocation of the pledge? The invocation will be given by Chaplain Victor Arias, and the pledge will be led by Commissioner Keto.

Let us pray. Father, we just want to come before you for tonight's planning meeting tonight. I ask, Lord, that as to what is being discussed tonight, that it will be held with high authority. I thank you for everyone that's in this room, Lord. We ask that you bless this night, and we give this all to you in Jesus' name.

Amen.

All right, moving on to our next item will be, this brings us to public communication. This is an opportunity for members of the public to address the Planning Commission on items not on the agenda. City Clerk, do we have any public communication requests?

Chair, we have no speakers for public communication at this time.

Okay, thank you. Now this brings us to our consent calendar. All matters listed under the consent calendar will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. Are there any written communications or requests for the public to speak on the consent calendar items?

Chair, we have none.

All right, with that being said, can I have a motion to approve the consent calendar items?

Motion to approve the consent calendar.

Motion by Commissioner Kittle. Commissioner Roldan, second. Commissioner Roldan will give the second. Go ahead and place your votes.

Yeah, it's not working.

All right, we'll go verbal.

Commissioner Rodin.

Aye.

Commissioner Quintana.

Aye.

Chair.

Aye.

Secretary Lozano. Aye. Commissioner Kito.

Aye.

All in favor, motion is passed.

all right the next item on this public hearing item a will be open public hearing for master case number twenty five dash zero zero five two design review number twenty five dash zero zero two three and design request of a site and architectural approval for the construction of fifty four units multifamily development and associated site improvements for property located at seventeen zero three one malaga street and identified as Assessor Parcel Number 0190-182-07-25-28, pursuant to the categorical exemption in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15332. City Clerk, did we receive any written correspondence for this item?

Chair, we did not.

All right. Alejandro Rico, our associated planner, will provide the staff presentation.

Hi, good evening. So the applicant for this project is Ahmad Awad on behalf of S&AAE Inc. The project is at 17031 Malaga Street and is a design review for the request for the architectural site improvements for the approval to be approved for a 54 multifamily unit project. And here is the location of the site. It's located between Mango Avenue to the east and Sierra Avenue to the west and on Malaga Street. Property owners within 660 feet of the site were noticed, and it was noticed in the paper. Staff received no comments. Here's a site plan of the project. There will be one entry into the site, and you can see that there are two alleys along the northern portion, and then a circular circulation around the building. You can see in the bottom portion, amenities to the east and west along the property line, as you can see here. This is a rendering of the project site. This is hypothetically how to look from Malaga Street. This is a rendering of how to look from the interior portion. This is how to look at nighttime. This is one of the alleys and nighttime rendering as well. And based on the information contained and the staff report subject to the attached findings and conditions of approval, staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution 2026-031. I determine that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15332, Class 32 infill development and Section 3.22, categorical exemption of the 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA and direct staff to file a notice of exemption. and approved design review project DRP number 25-0023. Staff wanted to note that there was a typo on the title of the resolution and that there was a memo to the dais to add conditions of approval from the engineering department on behalf of the traffic division. Staff and the applicant are here to address any questions.

All right, thank you Alejandro. Does the commission have any questions they would like to ask staff?

I have a question, Chair.

All right, Commissioner Kittle.

Regarding the conditions of approval that we have here, there's 12 of them. I assume these are kind of just standard that went along. It seems like 94 was kind of the catalyst to all of the conditions that got added. Is that kind of correct?

They're pretty much standard conditions by our traffic division.

Okay. And they were just accidentally omitted? Correct. Okay. Got it. Thank you.

All right, any other commission? I'm sorry, Secretary Lozano.

I have a parking question. So they each each unit has its own garages, correct? And is there like guest parking or anything on the property?

So the parking requirement per the form based code is 1.5 spaces per unit. Each unit will have two garage spaces. There are two guest parking, but they're for ADA requirements.

Thank you.

Any other questions? All right, and is the applicant here, and will the applicant step to the back podium, state your name, and whether you accept the conditions of approval.

Good evening, chair and commissioners. My name is Ahmad Awad. Yes, we accept the condition of approval. We have written accepted.

All right, and would you like to tell us a little bit about your project?

Of course, to start, we are owner builders. We've been developing for about 20, 25 years in the city of Fontana. We appreciate all the city's cooperation and willingness to allow business to come in. We also appreciate the planning department and engineering department for the support in moving this project along. This project consists of 54 townhome apartments, three bedroom, two and a half bathroom, two car garages in each one to accommodate for the housing need in the state of California and also in the city of Montana. We have amenities all throughout the property, which includes also a fitness center for the project, as well as outside barbecues, tot lot, and et cetera items.

All right, well, thank you. Looks like it's going to be a beautiful project. Are there any questions from the commission for the applicant? All right, with no questions, I just had a quick question. So are these going to be rentals or are these for sale? These are for rentals. All right. That was the only question I had. So look forward to seeing that project here in the city. So it looks like a beautiful piece. Thank you very much, Chair. So City Clerk, are there any requests to speak on this item?

We have no requests to speak, Chair.

All right so this public hearing is now closed. Is there any further discussion by the commission or may I have a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve Master Case Number 25-0052, which will also include the memo that we received to add the conditions of approval to Exhibit A. Those line items are for engineering traffic. As stated on the memo, it is line item 94 through 105. Second.

All right, so I got a motion by Vice Chair Quintana and a second by Commissioner Kittle. Let's go ahead and place our votes.

Chair, we need to take an oral vote.

Yes, we need an oral vote.

Okay, I will start. Commissioner Rogan. Aye. Commissioner Kittle. Aye. Secretary Lozano. Aye. Vice Chair Quintana.

Aye.

Chair, your vote.

Aye. all in favor motion is passed all right moving on to our next item it's public hearing item b i will be opening up this public hearing for master case number 25-0059 conditional use permit number 25-0015 an administrative site plan number 25-0020 the condition is permit request to allow Registered vehicle storage and a administrative site plan requesting for site and architectural approval for the development of a registered vehicle storage site and associated office building of approximately 1,558 square feet. along with site improvements at approximately 9.5 acres located at 9910 Almond Avenue and identified as assessor parcel number 0234-061-04 pursuant to the addendum to the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report, SCH number 2009091089, prepared for this project. All right, and city clerk, did we receive any written correspondence on this item?

Chair, we did not.

All right, with no written correspondence, our esteemed Alejandro Rico will once again present the next item.

Hello again. So this is a CUP, a conditional use permit and administrative site plan for this project. The applicant is Matt Engelhard on behalf of DLG Fontana LLC. The project's located 9910 Allman Avenue. The CUP is a request to allow for registered vehicle storage for trucks specifically, and the administrative site plan for the site and architectural approval for the development of a registered vehicle storage site. This site's, you can see here, it's located on Allman Avenue, north of Valley. It's on the boundary with the county, as you can see here. Property owners within 660 feet were noticed and staff received no comments. It was also noticed in the paper as well. And here is the site plan of the project site. As you can see along the south east portion of the site, that's where the entry will be. There'll be a 1500 square foot building for office uses and automobile parking to the north of that part. And then 250 spaces for truck and trailer storage with landscaping located all around the site. This is what the site currently is used for. It's used as, looks like a contractor's yard, but heavy duty in this case, as you can see with these large concrete equipment. And this is what the applicant intends to build on the site. It'll be surrounded by a screen wall that'll pretty much cover the whole site. It'll be 14 feet high and it'll screen every truck on site. And this is a rendering of the office building. And here's a nighttime rendering. based on the findings contained in the staff report is subject to the attached findings and conditions of approval staff recommends that the planning commission adopt resolution number 2026-032 adopt the addendum mmrp of swip of the swip eir and section 8 excuse me 806 for an addendum of the 2019 city of fontana local guidelines for implementing sequa and direct staff to file a notice of determination approve cup number 25-15 and approve asp number 25-20 staff and the applicant and the applicant's team is here to address any questions all right thank you very much um city clerk do we receive any written correspondence on this item we did not you

All right, with no written correspondence. Does the commission have any questions they would like to ask staff? Commissioner Roldan?

Yes, I have a question in regards to the conditional use permit for registered vehicles. Is this solely for commercial vehicles as related to the business, or is it open to other vehicles as well?

It's speculative. The applicant doesn't have a tenant in mind, so it could be in either scenario, but there are conditions of approval implemented to make sure it doesn't turn into a truck stop, to make sure truck drivers aren't staying overnight, to make sure materials aren't stored within the truck, which is already prohibited by SWPPP, but to make sure that doesn't happen, conditions of approval have been implemented.

Thank you. Any other questions? All right, if there's no other questions for my colleagues, will the applicant please step to the back podium and state your name and whether you accept the conditions of approval.

Good evening, planning commissioners and staff. My name is Matt Engelhard. I'm the project developer. Thank you for your time tonight and your consideration. And we'd like to thank staff as well for all their hard work pulling this together. We have reviewed and do agree with the conditions of approval.

All right. And did you have anything extra you wanted to add about this project?

So kind of in answer of your question, the project is speculative. We're developing it for the folks that own the property next door. It's a precast concrete company. The plan is to either potentially use it for their own fleet or lease it out to other trucks. So they operate the facility next door, so the conditions of approval will be tightly monitored. But we're excited to develop this and clean up the area there.

All right, thank you very much. Are there any questions from my fellow commissioners for the applicant? All right, with that being said, City Clerk, are there any requests to speak on this item?

We have none, Chair.

All right, this public hearing is now closed. Is there any further discussion by the Commission, or may I have a motion?

Motion to approve Master Case Number 25-0059.

All right, motion by Secretary Lozano. I get a second.

Commissioner Roldan, second.

And a second by Commissioner Roldan. All right, let's go ahead and do another verbal vote.

Thank you, Chair. Commissioner Roldan.

Aye.

Commissioner Kittle. Aye. Secretary Lozano. Aye. Vice Chair Quintana. Aye. Chair, your vote.

I am an aye.

Five in favor, motion is passed.

All right, and now for the most exciting part of our meeting, the Director of Communications, Patty Neves, is gonna hit us with her wonderful speech on planning. Go ahead, take it away, Patty.

No comment, thank you, sir.

All right, it's always a long one with Patty. So next, Commissioner comments, we'll go ahead and start with Commissioner Roldan.

Yes, I guess he left already. I just wanted to thank Alejandro Rico for the briefing that he gave us on the two items on the agenda, and thank him for his continued work and what he does. So that's all I have.

All right, next we have Commissioner Kittle.

Just want to thank staff as always. Director Nevins, your staff is great. It makes our job up here so much easier and can get through these projects quickly and answer all the questions that we have. So we appreciate you and your staff. I want to thank the city council for allowing me to continue to serve on this commission. And as we get into election season, I encourage everybody to register to vote and get out there and vote. It's our civic duty and God-given right to be in this nation and to have the constitutional republic that we do. And I'm grateful every day for that blessing. I hope everybody has a great night.

All right. Thank you, Commissioner Ketel. Secretary Lozano.

Thank you, Chair. I just want to say thank you to Patty and her staff for your assistance in providing the resources to help us understand the CEQA regulations better. Also, thank you, also, like my colleague, Commissioner Rodan said, Alejandro, on a great presentation today, and it looks like we have some really great things coming into the city, and I just hope everyone has a great evening. Stay safe and hydrated.

vice chair quintana um echo the um what the commission is saying you know thank you to staff for the for the presentations uh mr rico carried carried the load today and we we appreciate that so thank you um likewise i i'm honored to serve on this commission and i appreciate the opportunity to do so and that is it from me so thank you

all right and i just want to thank everybody who showed up today and thank you for supporting the commission and patty again awesome job by your team and giving the facts out to the commission ahead of time so that we don't have many questions during the meeting and again rico did an amazing job went through it and was able to answer all the questions and had a really thorough and complete presentation so make sure you let him know that we all thank him for his work and other than that I just want to hope everybody has a blessed weekend and see everybody at the next meeting so with that being said we are going to adjourn this meeting for the next regular planning commission meeting on Tuesday October 6th 2026 at 6 p.m. in the Stillworkers Auditorium located here at 8437 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, California. This meeting is adjourned.