Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/9/2022 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340
Published agenda: Agenda Packet Agenda Packet Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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22-882 1D.1 Consent ItemSUBJECT: Planning Commission Minutes of October 19, 2022 ACTION: Approving and filing the Planning Commission Minutes of October 19, 2022approvedPass Action details Video Video
22-840 1E.1 Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: 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 approvedPass Action details Not available
22-768 1E.2 Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: General Plan Amendment #22-03, initiated by Eric Pluim on behalf of Gateway Park Development Partners, LLC, property owners. This application involves a request to change the General Plan roadway classification from Divided Arterial to Collector for a portion of Mission Avenue from Coffee Street to the east side of Pluim Drive (extended).**PUBLIC HEARING** ACTION: PLANNING COMMISSION: Recommendation to City Council 1) Environmental Review #22-25 (Addendum to General Plan EIR) 2) General Plan Amendment #22-03 CITY COUNCIL: Approve/Disapprove/Modify 1) Environmental Review #22-25 (Addendum to General Plan EIR) 2) General Plan Amendment #22-03 SUMMARY This is a request to amend the General Plan Circulation Element by changing the roadway classification from Divided Arterial to Collector for a portion of Mission Avenue from Coffee Street to the east side of Pluim Drive (extended). This change is requested to improve the circulation for future development in the area. Staff is recommending approval. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission recontinuedPass Action details Not available
22-889 1E.3 Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: Appeal the Site Plan Review Committee’s approval of a one-year extension for Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map (VTSM) #1291 for Bright Development which would allow for the subdivision of approximately 39.8 acres of land into 161 single-family lots, generally located on the east side of G Street at Merrill Place (extended). **PUBLIC HEARING** ACTION: Grant/Deny 1) Appeal of the one-year extension granted for VTSM #1291 (Bright Development. SUMMARY On June 16, 2022, the Site Plan Review Committee granted a one-year extension to Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map (VTSM) #1291, extending the expiration date to July 16, 2023. On June 22, 2022, an appeal of this decision was filed by Rick Telegan on behalf of Regency Court II, LLC. This matter has been continued five times in an effort to allow the parties to reach an agreement on the issues resulting in this appeal. Although the parties are continuing to work together, a resolution has not yet been reached. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission Deny the appeal of the Site PlcontinuedPass Action details Not available
22-888 1E.4 Business ItemSUBJECT: Cancellation of November 23, 2022, and December 21, 2022, Planning Commission Meeting due to the holidays ACTION: Cancel the Planning Commission Meeting of November 23, 2022, and December 21, 2022approvedPass Action details Not available
22-883 1F.1 Business ItemSUBJECT: Report by Planning Manager of Upcoming Agenda Items ACTION Information only.   Action details Video Video
22-884 1F.2 Business ItemSUBJECT: Calendar of Meetings/Events Nov.|99|City Council, 6:00 p.m. 9 Planning Commission, 7:00 p.m. 21 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 23 Planning Commission, 7:00 p.m. (To be Cancelled) Dec.|99|City Council, 6:00 p.m. |99|Planning Commission, 7:00 p.m. 13 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, 4:00 p.m. 19 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 21 Planning Commission, 7:00 p.m. (To be Cancelled)   Action details Video Video