Report Prepared by: Michael Hren, Principal Planner, Planning Division
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SUBJECT: Public Hearing and Appeal of Planning Commission Approval of Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #18-14R
REPORT IN BRIEF
Request by Medallion Wellness to appeal and reverse the Planning Commission's approval of Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #18-14R.
RECOMMENDATION
Option A - Adopt Resolution (Attachment 4) affirming the Planning Commission's approval of Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #18-14R.
Option B - Adopt Resolution (Attachment 5) reversing the Planning Commission's approval of Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #18-14R.
Option C - Adopt Resolution (Attachment 6) modifying the Planning Commission's approval of Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #18-14R.
City Council - Adopt a motion:
A. Adopt Resolution 2018-__, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, affirming the Planning Commission's Approval of Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #18-14R to allow Harvest of Merced, LLC. to operate a retail dispensary for medicinal and adult use cannabis and cannabis-related products, including delivery services, at 863 W. 15th Street, and denying an appeal by Medallion Wellness and its agents; or,
B. Adopt Resolution 2018-__, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, reversing the Planning Commission's Approval of Commercial Cannabis Business Permit #18-14R, denying issuance of Commercial Cannabis Permit #18-14R and causing the next highest-scoring application for a Commercial Cannabis Business Permit using the city's merit-based scoring criteria, to be heard for one of the available four Commercial Cannabis Business Permits to operate a retail dispensary of cannabis and cannabis-based products at a future public hearing at a meeting of the Planning Commission; or,
C. Adopt Resolution 2018-__, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, modifying the Planning Commission's Approva...
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