Title
REF150048 - CANNABIS REGULATION UPDATES
Public hearing to consider amendments to Monterey County's land use and permitting regulations for commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities including:
a. An ordinance amending Title 21 (non-coastal zoning ordinance);
b. An ordinance amending the Monterey County Coastal Implementation Plan, Part 1 and Part 2 (Title 20, coastal zoning ordinance); and
c. A text amendment to the North County Land Use Plan.
Proposed CEQA Action: Statutorily Exempt pursuant to Section 15282 of CEQA Guidelines
Report
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Planning File Number: REF150048 (Cannabis Regulations)
Project Location: County-wide
Plan Area: County-wide
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission recommend that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Find that ordinances regulating commercial cannabis activities, which require subsequent permitting that is individually subject to environmental review, qualifies for a statutory exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15282 of the CEQA Guidelines. The Statutory exemption is provided for in Section 26055(h) of the Business and Professions Code;
b. Adopt an ordinance amending Title 21 (non-coastal zoning ordinance) of the Monterey County Code to regulate medicinal and adult-use commercial cannabis activities in the inland unincorporated area of Monterey County consistent with state law (Attachment 1 to Exhibit B);
c. Adopt a resolution of intent to adopt an ordinance amending the Monterey County Coastal Implementation Plan, Part 1 and Part 2 (Title 20, coastal zoning ordinance) of the Monterey County Code to regulate commercial cannabis activities in the coastal zone of unincorporated Monterey County consistent with state law (Attachment 2 to Exhibit B); and
d. Adopt text amendments to the North County Land Use Plan allowing cannabis uses at the Moss Landing Business Park (a.k.a; former Kaiser Refractory site) subject to a Coastal Development...
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