City Council
MEETING DATE: 11/29/2017
TITLE:
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Specific Plan Amendment Nos. 07-001A and 12-001A - North City Specific Plan area and North City Extended Specific Plan area, north of Interstate 10, east of Palm Drive, and west of Bob Hope Drive.
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FROM:
Charles P. McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve an Ordinance amending the North City Specific Plan and North City Extended Specific Plan allowing cannabis businesses and reducing the commercial square footage requirements in the Mixed Use-Urban district, and finding such amendments to be exempt from CEQA.
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BACKGROUND:
Findings:
Amending the NCSP and NCESP to allow all cannabis businesses in the Business Park, Light Industrial, Mixed Use-Urban, and Mixed Use-Neighborhood (NCESP only) districts is consistent with the City's General Plan. Policy 5 of the Community Development Element of the General Plan states that land planning for the North City area shall take into account the limited infrastructure and physical constraints in the North City. Cannabis businesses, especially cultivation and manufacturing uses, do not generate high traffic volumes or result in large infrastructure needs as compared to other uses that are appropriate in Light Industrial, Business Park and Mixed Use-Urban districts. Therefore, it is appropriate to encourage cannabis uses to locate in the North City area. In addition, reducing the minimum amount of commercial floor area required in the Mixed Use - Urban district to 10% will promote development in these districts by ensuring there is a residential base to serve the commercial development.
Background:
The North City Specific Plan (NCSP) was adopted in 2009 and governs land use in the areas of the City north of Interstate 10. In 2014, the North City Extended Specific Plan (NCESP) was adopted for the areas north of Interstate 10 that were within the City's sphere of influence and were subsequently annexed into the City. Together...
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