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4. Code Amendment (CODE 8233-2017) and Specific Plan Amendment (SPA 8235-2017) Continued from August 23, 2017
Project Address: Citywide
Project Applicant: Development Services Department, Planning Division
Project Planner: Catherine Lin, Senior Planner
Council District: Citywide
Code Amendment (CODE 8233-2017) and Specific Plan Amendment (SPA 8235-2017) are City-initiated requests to amend Section .062 (“Definitions”), Section .222 (Open Space District), Section .229.6 (“R-1-20,000 Single family Residential District”), Section .232 (“R-1-10,000” Single-family Residential District), Section .242 (“R-1-7,500” Single-family Residential District), Section .252 (“R-1-7,200” Single-family Residential District), Section .262 (“R-1-6,000” Single-family Residential District), Section .272 (“R-1-E” Single-family Residential Overlay District), Section .322 (“A-P” Administrative and Professional Office District), Section .342 (“C-1” Neighborhood Stores and Services Commercial District), Section .352 (Neighborhood Shopping Center Commercial District), Section. 362 (“C-3” General Commercial District), Section .367 (“C-C” Community Shopping Center Commercial District), Section .372 (“C-4” Highway Commercial District), Section .392 (“C-IND” Commercial and Industrial District), Section .398 (“M” Special Industrial District), Section .412 (“M-1” Light Industrial District), Section .422 (“M-2” General Industrial District), Section .437.5 (Fairgrounds District), Section .452 (“Civic” Supplemental Use District), Section .482 (“R-HMD” Residential-Manufactured Housing Development District), and to amend the Phillips Ranch Specific Plan, Downtown Pomona Specific Plan, Mission-71 Business Park Specific Plan, Kellogg Plaza Specific Plan, Pomona Corridors Specific Plan, and the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) Specific Plan to explicitly prohibit commercial marijuana activity citywide. The Planning Commission shall determine whether the Project described above is subject to CEQA pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and Section 15378 of the Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act. (14 Cal. Code Regs §§ 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and 15378.) (i.e. Whether the project will result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, or whether the Project is a “project” as defined in Section 15378.)
Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend City Council approval of Code Amendment (CODE 8233-2017) and Specific Plan Amendment (SPA 8235-2017), subject to conditions.