File #: 190039   
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 5/23/2019
Title: Consider Adoption of Amendments to the Cannabis Regulations
Attachments: 1. Council Report, 2. ATT 1 - Resolution—San Antonio Precise Plan Amendments, 3. ATT 2 - Ordinance—Limit Downtown Businesses to One, 4. ATT 3 - Ordinance—Distance between Cannabis, 5. ATT 4 - Survey Results, 6. ATT 5 - Community Outreach Meeting Results, 7. ATT 6 - Map—Existing Buffers and Eligible Applications, 8. ATT 7 - EPC Staff Report—April 24, 2019, 9. ATT 8 - Senstive Use Buffers in Other Jurisdictions, 10. ATT 9 - Map—600’ School/Child-Care Buffer, 11. ATT 10 - Map—San Jose Model Buffers, 12. ATT 11 - Map—750’ and 1,000’ School/Child-Care Buffers, 13. ATT 12 - Map—1,000’ School Buffer/250’ Child-Care Buffer, 14. ATT 13 - Map—1,000’ School Buffer/600’ Child-Care Buffer

Title

Consider Adoption of Amendments to the Cannabis Regulations

Recommended Action

The Environmental Planning Commission recommends the City Council:

 

1.                     Adopt a Resolution Amending the P-40 (San Antonio) Precise Plan to Prohibit Cannabis Businesses within the San Antonio Precise Plan Boundaries, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).

 

2.                     Introduce an Ordinance Amending Article IX, Division 21, to Limit Storefront Retail Businesses to a Maximum of One in the P-19 (Downtown) Precise Plan Boundaries (Chapter 36 of the City Code), to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for June 11, 2019 (Attachment 2 to the Council report).

 

3.                     Introduce an Ordinance Amending Article IX, Division 21, to Establish a Minimum 600’ Distance between Cannabis Businesses (Chapter 36 of the City Code), to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for June 11, 2019 (Attachment 3 to the Council report).

 

Staff also requests the City Council provide policy direction on how to proceed with the cannabis business permitting process.