Crescent City Planning Commission Meeting

CITY OF CRESCENT CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Commission Members: Holly Greene, Chairperson Brad Kime, Vice-Chairperson • John Williams • Mike Muldoon Incorporated April 13, 1854 web: www.crescentcity.org Regular Meeting Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:30 p.m. Board Chambers, 981 “H” Street, Suite 100, Crescent City, CA MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Call to Order Vice-Chairperson Kime called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Roll Call Present: Chairperson Holly Greene, Commissioner Mike Muldoon, Commissioner John Williams, Vice-Chairperson Brad Kime Absent: none Others: Eric Taylor II. PUBLIC COMMENT – none. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of January 11, 2018. On a motion by Vice-Chairperson Kime, seconded by Chairperson Greene, and carried unanimously 4-0, the City of Crescent City Planning Commission approved the meeting minutes for January 11, 2018. IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Amendment to AR09-09 Proposed Veterans Monument Design Applicant: Veterans Monument Committee Location: Beachfront Park APN: 118-020-31 Project: Construction and installation of an 80-foot diameter plaza with a 5-sided pentagram monument, five 30-feet flag poles, red/white/blue lighting, stone walkways, bronze plaques, and associated landscaping. Amendment: The new design proposes to eliminate the pentagon structure with bronze eagle and replace it with five obelisks representing each branch of the military. The new design will  the reduce diameter of the plaza to 60 feet and there will be two three and a half foot tall stone wall which will be used to mount donor plaques. The applicant is also proposing to place donor bricks along the pathway leading up to the plaza and install approximately six bench seats within the plaza. Aadam Trask, Project Manager for the Veteran’s Monument Committee, gave public comment. He explained the amendment was to greatly cut down on the cost of the project and the project should be completed by this summer. By a vote of 4-0 the Planning Commission approved UP 09-06 Amendment. V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. MCA17-01 Continue discussion of a Municipal Code Amendment Regulating the Commercial and Personal Use of Cannabis within the City of Crescent City. The City of Crescent City is proposing to amend Title 17 Zoning, Chapter 17.93 Standards for Marijuana. Currently all commercial cannabis activities are prohibited within the City of Crescent City. With the passage of the Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (SB 94) the City of Crescent City is proposing to adopt regulations to allow Commercial Cannabis activities within city limits. Applicant: City of Crescent City Location: Various At the January 2018 meeting, Commissioners requested additional information regarding on-site consumption. Eric Taylor reviewed the Business Professions Code and Health & Safety Code with them. Public comment was taken from Eric Enther from Gasquet. He is a member of the County Working Cannabis Group and and came to the meeting to show his support. He is in support of onsite consumption if parameters are set and thinks it can generate revenue for both the City and County. Public comment was then taken from Jessie Davis of Hiouchi, also a member of the County Working Cannabis Group. He spoke of support for both onsite consumption and delivery services. After discussion, Commissioners reached a consensus to allow retail with onsite consumption in the City limits. Eric Taylor lead the discussion to delivery services/non-retail storefront. Public comment was taken from Mayor Blake Inscore who showed support for delivery services explaining someone who may need the product but feel uncomfortable going to a retail establishment to purchase it.  Jessie Davis also spoke again showing his support for delivery services. After discussion, Commissioners reached consensus to allow non-storefront retail within City limits. Eric Taylor moved the discussion to manufacturing, as more information was requesting previously about volatile vs. non-volatile extractions. A few short videos were shown demonstrating how the different methods were performed. Public comment was taken from Blake Inscore, Eric Enther, and Jessie Davis who all showed support for the non-volatile method. Commissioners showed consensus for non-volatile manufacturing but requested more information be presented to them regarding manufacturing with volatile extractions. Discussion moved to personal grows. Consensus was reached that the City should be able to regulate outdoor grows to prevent public nuisances. Further discussion is needed on whether or not to require permitting for in-house grows and what guidelines to require for possibly allowing outdoor grow houses. Eric Taylor lead discussion to whether or not to allow a business to have a license for both retail and distribution or if they should be only allowed one license type. After discussion, consensus was reached to allow a business to have a license for both retail and distribution. This lead to discussing the track & trace process that requires the use of tags and identifiers for deliveries. Consensus was reached that the City develop their own track & trace program for deliveries. Discussion moved to testing labs. Commissioners discussed whether or not to allow a testing lab within City limits. Question was brought up if we could use our City water quality lab facility as a testing lab. Public comment was given by Eric Wier, Interim City Manager on the topic. He stated it would not be cost effective for the City to obtain the equipment and certifications necessary to use our water lab for that purpose. Public comment was given by Eric Enther who stated a testing lab would not be necessity at this time. After discussion, a consensus was reached to allow a testing lab within City limits. Discussion moved to micro businesses, which allow 3 of 4 licensing types at one location. Commissioners approved to allow micro business within City limits. VI. REPORTS, CONCERNS, REFERRALS A. No items VII. ADJOURNMENT  At 7:32 p.m., Vice-Chairperson Kime adjourned to the next regular meeting on March 8, 2018. ATTEST: _______________________________ Elizabeth Williams, Planning Secretary NOTICE REGARDING APPEALS Pursuant to §115-31 of the Zoning Code, appeals of a final action by the Planning Commission must be filed with the City Clerk no later than ten (10) calendar days after the day on which the final action was taken, along with the appropriate fee. NOTICE REGARDING CHALLENGES TO DECISIONS Pursuant to all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitations, California Government Code Section 65009 and/or California Public Resources Code Section 21177, if you wish to challenge in court any of the above decisions (regarding planning, zoning and/or environmental decisions), you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing(s) described in this notice/agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the city at, or prior to, this public hearing. 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