Planning Commission
MEETING DATE: 9/5/2018
Title
CASE NO. Conditional Use Permit No. 17-035
APPLICANT: Alchemy Works, LLC, Craig Bouman
LOCATION: 67625 Canyon Plaza/East Palm Canyon Drive (APN: 687-510-029)
REQUEST: Consider Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application for the development of a cannabis cultivation and distribution/transportation facility, consisting of a new 39,600 square-foot, single-story building including eight (8) 3,610 square-foot greenhouse grow areas and 10,720 square feet of ancillary uses, on a 6.51-acre property within the PCC (Planned Community Commercial) and OS (Open Space) Zoning Districts.
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STAFF PLANNER:
Salvador Quintanilla, Associate Planner
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
APPROVE the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the project.
APPROVE Conditional Use Permit No. 17-035 subject to the attached Conditions of Approval and based on the findings contained in the staff report.
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FINDINGS:
APPROVAL OF THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION based on the following findings:
1. The record as a whole, including the initial study and any comments received, demonstrates that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment with the implementation of the mitigation measures;
2. The Mitigated Negative Declaration reflects the Lead Agency's independent judgment and analysis;
3. In accordance with Section 15074, Chapter 3, Title 14, of the California Code of Regulations (State CEQA Guidelines), the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) contained in Chapter 2 of the Draft Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, dated August 2018, shall serve as the City's reporting program for monitoring the mitigation measures specified in the Mitigated Negative Declaration; and
4. The Cathedral City Planning Department is the custodian of the documents or other material that constitute the record of proceedings...
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