REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
BY: JENNIFER RUIZ, Deputy City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
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HEARING - Consideration of an appeal of the City Manager's decision to approve the change of location for retail Commercial Cannabis Business Permit No. C-20-88 (Council District 5)
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RECOMMENDATION
Consider Commercial Cannabis Business Permit Application No. C-20-88 proposed change of location to 4555 East Kings Canyon Road.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Commercial Cannabis Business (CCB) Permit Application No. C-20-88 was submitted on December 4, 2020 and issued preliminary approval for the location at 3849 E Ventura Street on September 8, 2021. Pursuant to FMC 9-3325, cannabis businesses are authorized to submit a change of location application. Fresno Farms submitted an application to change their cannabis retail permit location to 4555 E Kings Canyon Road on April 27, 2023. The City Manager issued preliminary approval of the application on May 31, 2023. City Councilmember Luis Chavez appealed the decision on June 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
Commercial Cannabis Business (CCB) Permit Application No. C-20-88 was submitted on December 4, 2020 for a proposed business location at 3849 E Ventura Street. Pursuant to Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) Section 9-3317, the City Manager adopted and published guidelines by which the top applicants in each category of each commercial cannabis activity were evaluated. Based on the evaluation, the permit application C-20-88 submitted by Yuma Way CA LLC, dba Fresno Farms, was issued preliminary approval by the City Manager on September 8, 2021.
At the time that preliminary approval was issued, the original proposed location at 3849 E Ventura Street met all the requirements of the Fresno Municipal Code. However, during the evaluation of the Conditional Use Permit Application (P22-00623), staff identified that plans existed for a school ...
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