PDEV23-034 - Dominoes Distribution Center

2024080823

City of Ontario

NOE - Notice of Exemption

8/21/2024

8/21/2024

Alexis Vaughn

City of Ontario

Associate Planner

Lead/Public Agency

303 E. B Street
Ontario, CA 91764

(909) 395-2036

avaughn@ontarioca.gov

Airport Drive and Rockefeller Avenue

91761

4

0238-185-55; 0238-185-56

I-15, I-10

Southern Pacific Rail Line

Ontario International Airport

Categorical Exemption

Section 15332, Class 32, In-Fill Development Projects

The Project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15332 (Class 32, In-Fill Development Projects) of the CEQA Guidelines, which consists of projects characterized as in-fill development meeting the following conditions: The Project is consistent with the applicable General Plan designation and all applicable General Plan policies, as well as with applicable zoning designation and regulations. The proposed Project is located within the Industrial (IND, 0.55 FAR) land use designation of the Policy Plan (General Plan) Land Use Map and the proposed Rail Industrial land use district of the California Commerce Center Specific Plan. The proposed Project is consistent with all applicable Policy Plan policies, the Rail Industrial land use district of the California Commerce Center Specific Plan, as well as all applicable Development Code regulations. The land use designation and Specific Plan district are intended to accommodate industrial warehousing and distribution-type uses developed at a maximum intensity of 0.55 FAR. The site is currently developed with three industrial warehouses, two of which will be demolished to accommodate the expansion of the third, which will occupy a similar footprint and capacity as existing. Lastly, the Project will only employ an FAR of 0.37, when a maximum 0.55 FAR is allowed, further reducing the proposed building and business’ impacts. The proposed development occurs within City limits on a Project site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses. The Project is proposed within the established boundaries of the City of Ontario in an industrial neighborhood surrounded by established warehouse development on all sides. Construction and development activities will be limited to approximately four acres of land located within the overall 6.83-acre Project site. The Project site has no value as habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species. The site is currently developed with and surrounded by industrial warehouse buildings and is therefore not a suitable habitat for any endangered, rare, or threatened species. The site is located within an urbanized area largely built-out with industrial buildings which do not lend themselves to valuable habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species. Per the environmental studies attached to this decision as Attachment B, and per the findings of The Ontario Plan 2050 “TOP 2050” Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SCH # 2021070364), approval of the Project would not result in any significant effects related to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality. The proposed industrial warehouse building is similar to, and of no greater impact, than other allowed uses and development projects within the Rail Industrial land use district of the California Commerce Center Specific Plan. The land use was reviewed by the Engineering Department, Traffic Division, Planning Department, and Ontario Municipal Utilities Company (“OMUC”), Utilities Division, and no significant effects were determined to be a result of the proposed Project. Lastly, the Project has been proposed to be constructed at a lower intensity (0.37 FAR when 0.55 maximum FAR is allowed and originally analyzed in TOP 2050). The site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services. All necessary wet and dry utilities are available to the Project site, which is located in an already-developed industrial neighborhood