Planning Commission Staff Report
Report Prepared by: Matt Livingston, Assistant Planner, Development Services Department
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SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #25-0015, submitted by Malek Mosleh, on behalf of Chanana Sham & Meenu Trustee, property owners. This application involves a request for tobacco sales (for off-site consumption) for a new convenience market at 1277 V Street, Suite B. The subject site is generally located at the southwest corner of V Street and McSwain Road (turns into 13th Street going east), with a General Plan Designation of Thoroughfare Commercial (CT) and a Zoning classification of Thoroughfare Commercial (C-T). *PUBLIC HEARING*
ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify
1) Environmental Review #25-0021 (Categorical Exemption)
2) Conditional Use Permit #25-0015
SUMMARY
Malek Mosleh is requesting approval to operate a convenience market with tobacco sales for off-site consumption at 1277 V Street, Suite B. The convenience market would be located within an approximate 950-square-foot commercial suite. A conditional use permit is required for "tobacco sales" for off-site consumption for sites within 600 feet of a "youth center" per Merced Municipal Code Section 20.44.160 - Tobacco Sales Prohibited Near Schools. The youth center located near the convenience market is Dennis Chavez Memorial Park. The primary use of a convenience market is principally permitted within the site's Zoning classification of Thoroughfare Commercial (C-T), and General Plan designation of Thoroughfare Commercial (CT), but tobacco sales for off-site consumption requires conditional use permit approval from the Planning Commission. Staff is recommending approval of this application subject to conditions.
RECOMMENDATION
Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #25-0021 (Categorical Exemption) including the adoption of the Draft Resolution at Attachment A subject to the conditions in Exhibit A and the findings/consideratio...
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