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File #: 25-812    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 6/13/2025 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 6/26/2025 Final action:
Title: Tanja Baker, Multiple Conditional Use Permits and Special Permit Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 516-151-019 Record No.: PLN-12461-CUP Glendale area Denial of a Conditional Use Permit for 60,000 square feet of indoor commercial cannabis cultivation, retail nursery, and 42,000 square feet of mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation and denial of a Special Permit for a processing and distribution facility.
Attachments: 1. 12461 Staff Report 6.26.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Resolution Tanja Baker 12461 DENIAL, 3. Attachment 2A - Project Denial Warning Letter 60 day, 4. Attachment 2B - Email from current property owner, 5. Attachment 2C - Notice of Pending Denial
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Tanja Baker, Multiple Conditional Use Permits and Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 516-151-019
Record No.: PLN-12461-CUP
Glendale area

Denial of a Conditional Use Permit for 60,000 square feet of indoor commercial cannabis cultivation, retail nursery, and 42,000 square feet of mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation and denial of a Special Permit for a processing and distribution facility.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt the resolution, (Attachment 1) which does the following:

a. Finds the Zoning Administrator has found the projects exempt from environmental review pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15270; and

b. Finds the applicant has not provided sufficient evidence necessary to make the required findings for approval; and

c. Denies the Tanja Baker (PLN-12461-CUP) Conditional Use Permit and Special Permits.

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is in the Glendale area, on the south side of Glendale Drive, approximately 1,300 feet east from the intersection of a State Highway 299 Ramp and Glendale Drive, on the properties known as 1610 Glendale Drive and 1764 Glendale Drive.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Commercial Services (CS), Density: N/A; Industrial General (IG), Density: N/A, 2017 General Plan, Fieldbrook Glendale Community Plan Area, Slope Stability: Relatively Stable (0)

Present Zoning: Unclassified (U)

Environmental Review: Exempt from environmental review pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15270 (Projects Which Are Disapproved).

State Appeal: Project is NOT appealable to the California Coastal Commission.

Major Concerns: New property owner does not want the project on his parcel. Lack of evidence to support required findings for approval.

Executive Summary Tanja Baker PLN-12461-CUP: Denial for 60,000 square feet of Indoor C...

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