Planning Commission
MEETING DATE: 12/7/2016
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CASE NO. Conditional Use Permit No. 16-040
APPLICANT: Newport Holdings, LLC, Neil Richardson
LOCATION: 35655 Bankside Drive (APN: 687-311-002, -003 and -019)
REQUEST: Consider a Conditional Use Permit Application to operate a medical cannabis business (cultivation site) in an existing commercial building in the PCC (Planned Community Commercial) Zoning District located at 35655 Bankside Drive.
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STAFF PLANNER:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
APPROVE an exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section No. 15301, Class No. 1 (Existing Facilities).
APPROVE Conditional Use Permit No. 16-040 subject to the attached Conditions of Approval and based on the findings contained in the staff report.
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FINDINGS:
APPROVAL OF AN EXEMPTION TO CEQA based on the finding that the project qualifies as Categorically Exempt under Section No. 15301, Class No. 1 (Existing Facilities) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 16-040, subject to the attached conditions of approval, and based on the following findings:
1. The medical cannabis business to be located at 35655 Bankside Drive in the PCC Zoning District is authorized as a conditional use per the City of Cathedral City Zoning Ordinance, Chapter No. 9.30.
2. The medical cannabis business as well as all operations as conducted therein, fully complies with all applicable building, electrical, zoning and fire codes, accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), and all relevant City and State Law. Staff has reviewed the site and floor plans submitted and determined that, as conditioned herein, the medical cannabis business will comply with all relevant building codes, zoning, and the ADA.
3. The medical cannabis business fully complies with and meets all operating criteria required pursuant to State Laws, Chapter 5.88 of the Cathedral...
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