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Supervisor Thomas recommending the Board:
1) Authorize reconsideration of the action taken on February 6, 2024 (Legistar 24-0274), to include disbanding the cannabis ad hoc committee and directing staff to no longer pursue any additional changes to the cannabis ordinance, including setbacks, canopy limits, propagation, and manufacturing;
2) Direct the Clerk of the Board to place an item on a future agenda to reconsider the aforementioned action and provide related direction to staff; and
3) Direct staff to stay any action on the Ad Hoc Committee pending final reconsideration.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On January 20, 2024, a public hearing was held to consider amendments to the cannabis ordinance. After the public hearing was closed, a motion was made by Supervisor Parlin, seconded by Supervisor Hidahl to:
1) Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of Ordinance 5193, (Attachment C) without the additional changes recommended by the Planning Commission, making modifications to the administrative portions of the cannabis program, waive full reading of the Ordinance, read by title only, and continue this matter to the February 27, 2024 meeting of the Board of Supervisors for Final Passage (Second Reading) to include a two-year permitting process; and
2) Find the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, without the additional changes recommended by the Planning Commission, is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) based on the CEQA Guidelines 15060(c)(2) and 15061(b)(3) as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the modifications to the administrative potions of the cannabis program will not have a significant effect on the environment, and this change will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; and
3) Direct staff to return to the Board on February 6, 2024 to create an ad hoc committee to work with the Planning Commission to streamline...
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