Fontana Planning Commission approves 54-unit Malaga Street housing project and 250-space truck storage yard
Both items passed 5-0 on Sept. 15. No members of the public spoke on either project, according to the meeting minutes.
The Fontana Planning Commission on Sept. 15 approved a 54-unit multifamily development on Malaga Street and a truck storage yard on Almond Avenue.
Each passed 5-0, according to minutes posted with the commission's Oct. 6 agenda. All five commissioners were present. The meeting lasted 22 minutes.
54 units on Malaga Street
Item PH-A (file 26-1243) was a design review for 54 housing units at 17031 Malaga St., on a site of about two acres made up of three parcels.
The Planning Department staff report describes eight three-story buildings. Each unit would have three bedrooms, between 1,411 and 1,502 square feet, with a tandem two-car garage.
The report lists 108 parking spaces where 81 are required. In response to a commissioner's question about guest parking, staff said the site has two accessible guest spaces in addition to the garages, the minutes say.
Staff found the project exempt from environmental review as infill development under state guidelines.
At the hearing, the project planner told commissioners they had been given a memo with additional conditions of approval. Staff described the omitted conditions as standard Traffic Division conditions, according to the minutes.
The commission adopted Resolution No. PC 2026-031 with the amended conditions. The city received no written correspondence.
Truck storage on Almond Avenue
Item PH-B (file 26-1211) was a conditional use permit and site plan for registered vehicle storage on about 9.5 acres at 9910 Almond Ave. The applicant is DLJ Fontana LLC.
The staff report shows 250 truck spaces and 39 passenger vehicle spaces, along with an office building of about 1,558 square feet and a 160-square-foot guard shack.
Under the operating plan in the report, drivers would park their own vehicles at the site, take trucks out for a shift and return them the same day.
The property is in the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan and is now used to store concrete material, with no paving or landscaping, the report says. The project would pave the site and add a 14-foot screen wall on all property lines.
A commissioner asked if the permit was limited to commercial vehicles tied to a business. Staff said it could cover several scenarios and that conditions bar overnight stays, operating as a truck stop and storing material in vehicles, the minutes say.
The commission adopted Resolution No. PC 2026-032, which also adopts an addendum to the specific plan's environmental impact report.
Calendar
The commission's Sept. 1 meeting had been canceled, according to a notice on the city's Legistar calendar. The commission adjourned to Oct. 6.