SUBJECT: Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #22-02R, initiated by Devon Julian for Culture Merced on Motel Drive, Inc. (Culture Cannabis Club), on behalf of KWP Consulting, property owner. This application is to permit the operation of a retail dispensary, including delivery services, for both medicinal and adult-use cannabis in an existing 3,520-square-foot building located at 1111 Motel Drive. The property is zoned Thoroughfare Commercial (C-T), with a General Plan designation of Thoroughfare Commercial (CT). **PUBLIC HEARING** ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify 1) Environmental Review #22-04 (Categorical Exemption) 2) Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #22-02R SUMMARY This application is for a permit to utilize the property at 1111 Motel Drive for cannabis-related business activities. The permit seeks to allow the Applicant to operate a Retail Dispensary for medicinal and adult-use cannabis and cannabis-related products, including delivery services. The project proposes to use and modify an existing building, which has existing access to utilities. Staff is recommending approval with conditions. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #22-04 (Categorical Exemption), and Commercial Cannabis Business Permit (CCBP) #22-02R, including the draft Resolution at Attachment A, subject to the conditions in Exhibit A and the findings/considerations in Exhibit B.

Committee

Planning Commission

Introduced

October 13, 2022

On agenda

November 9, 2022

Passed

November 9, 2022