Agenda Item Title:
22UR022 - Conditional Use Permit to allow Medical Cannabis Cultivation
Origination Group:
Planning Commission
Origination Meeting Date:
09/08/2022
Petitioner:
Micheal Graham for Rapid City Cannabis, Inc
Staff Contact:
Kip Harrington, Long Range Planning Division Manager
Location:
2090 Deadwood Avenue
Agenda Item Summary:
The applicant has submitted a Conditional Use Permit application to allow a medical cannabis cultivation facility located at 3075 N. Plaza Drive, Suite C. The proposed medical cannabis cultivation facility is located in an approximately 2,550 square-foot suite of a 10,200 square-foot industrial building, and will not be open to the public. The business will operate between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Pursuant to SDCL 34-20G, the City of Rapid City adopted Ordinances to regulate the time, place, manner and number of medical cannabis facilities within the City. The adopted Ordinances are intended to balance the varied interests and lessen any potentially deleterious effects on neighboring properties for what will be a new use of property within the City of Rapid City. The proposed State regulations require that all medical cannabis facilities be a minimum distance of 1,000 feet from public or private schools. The adopted City Ordinance includes language to promote separation between other specific uses to minimize the impact and preserve the character of the neighborhood. More specifically, a medical cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility must also be located a minimum distance of 500 feet from a childcare center, church, public park, or property zoned as a residential district. The use is only allowed within the Light Industrial District and the Heavy Industrial District and requires the review and approval of a Conditional Use Permit.
The subject property is zoned Light Industrial District and is not located within 1,000 feet of a school and is not located within 500 feet of a public park, childcare center, church or residential district. As such, the applicant has submitted this Conditional Use Permit application for the review and approval by the Planning Commission.
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Recommendations:
Origination Recommendation Action:
Approve with Stipulations
Origination Recommendation Notes:
Planning Commission Approved with Stipulations: 9/8/2022