SUBJECT: Commercial Cannabis Business Permits #21-02, #21-03, and #21-04, initiated by Merced Distribution, LLC. on behalf of Morning Star Merced, LLC, property owner. These applications are to permit the cultivation, processing, distribution, and manufacturing of cannabis and cannabis-based products at 1785 Ashby Road, on three parcels totaling approximately 49.6 acres. The property is zoned Heavy Industrial (I-H), with a General Plan designation of Manufacturing Industrial (IND). **PUBLIC HEARING** ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify 1) Environmental Review #21-16 (Categorical Exemption) 2) Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #21-02 3) Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #21-03 4) Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #21-04 SUMMARY This application is for three permits to utilize the property at 1785 Ashby Road for cannabis-related business activities. Because these permits are all sought by the same business for the same property, they are all summarized in this report. The permits seek to allow Merced Distribution, LLC. to operate cultivation, distribution, and manufacturing facilities for cannabis and cannabis-related products. The project proposes to use and modify an existing building, which has access to utilities. The project is proposed across three parcels, which would be merged into one lot as a condition of approval for this project. Staff is recommending approval. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #21-16 (Categorical Exemption), and Commercial Cannabis Business Permits (CCBP) #21-02, CCBP #21-03, and CCBP #21-04, subject to the conditions in Exhibit A and the findings/considerations in Exhibit B of the Draft Resolution at Attachment A.

Committee

Planning Commission

Introduced

July 6, 2021

On agenda

July 21, 2021

Passed

July 21, 2021