DATE: January 8, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING TWO CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS (CUP22-00011 & CUP22-00012) AND WAIVER OF LOCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS ADDING CANNABIS MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS TO AN EXISTING CANNABIS DELIVERY BUSINESS LOCATED AT 2935 SAN LUIS REY ROAD - MEDLEAF MICROBUSINESS - APPLICANT: MEDLEAF, LLC.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff and the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council confirm issuance of a Class 1 "Existing Facilities" Categorical Exemption per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permits (CUP22-00011 & CUP22-00012) and a Waiver of Locational Requirements allowing cannabis manufacturing and distribution at an existing cannabis non-storefront retail establishment at 2935 San Luis Rey Road.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The proposed project consists of a request for two Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) (CUP22-00011& CUP22-00012) and a waiver of locational requirements to operate a cannabis microbusiness (Type 12) facility. Microbusinesses, as defined by the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), are cannabis businesses that conduct at least three of the following activities at one location: small-scale cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail. Manufacturing typically involves the extraction or processing of cannabis products. Distribution entails transporting goods from business to business between cultivators, manufacturers, and retailers, as well as laboratories for state-mandated testing. Retail involves the sale of the end product to the consumer; non-storefront retail restricts sales to offsite deliveries only.
The applicant, Medleaf, currently operates a non-storefront retail business at the proposed project location and is requesting City Council approval of Conditional Use Permits that would allow manufacturing and distribution services to als...
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