Memorandum
Item 1
9:05 AM
September 24, 2020
STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Scott De Leon, Interim Community Development Director
Toccarra Nicole Thomas, Deputy Director
Mark Roberts, Principal Planner
Victoria Kim, Assistant Planner
DATE: September 1, 2020
SUBJECT: Richard Sereghy; Major Use Permit (UP 19-50)
Categorical Exemption (CE 19-96).
Supervisor District 1
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Proposed Site Plans and Signage
3. Supplemental Data and Project Description
4. Agency Comments and Correspondences
5. Major Use Permit Findings
6. Conditions of Approval
7. PowerPoint Presentation
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant is a requesting approval of a Major Use Permit to allow retail sales of tested and approved cannabis products, pursuant to Article 18, Section ?18.5(h) of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance. The proposed use will operate within an existing 2,310 square foot building. The operating hours will be 9 AM to 9 PM, 7 days per week, with 6 employees at peak shift. The applicant anticipates 75 customers per day, and 3 to 5 deliveries per week. To protect the public safety and health and the community's comfort, all the visitors will go through check-in process at the store front prior to entering the store. Also, the project areas including parking lot will be under the supervision of trained security personnel during operating hours and surveillance cameras at all hours.
Construction Schedule will begin on the interior alterations, landscaping, and other improvements once the permit is obtained.
II. RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission take the following Actions:
A. Adopt Categorical Exemption (CE 19-96) for UP 19-50 with the following findings:
1. The project is consistent with CEQA Categorical Exemption, Class 1 (Existing Facilities), which consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, and permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existi...
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