CITY OF RIVERSIDE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CANNABIS BUSINESS PERMIT PROGRAM
CITY OF
RIVERSIDE
City of Arts & Innovation
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the City Council of the City of Riverside will hold a virtual and in- person Public Hearing regarding the following item:
CASE NUMBER: PR-2022-001453 (AMD) CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING
IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETING
APPLICANT: City of Riverside
Art Pick Council Chamber, City Hall
LOCATION: Citywide 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522 View live webcast at
PROPOSAL: The City Council Economic www.RiversideCa.gov/meeting.
Development, Placemaking and
Branding/Marketing Committee recommends the To listen to the public hearing live and City Council approve a proposal to amend Title 5 provide comment by phone via Zoom, (Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations), Title 9 - call 669) 900-6833 and enter (Peace, Safety and Morals), and Title 19 (Zoning) of Meeting ID: 926 9699 1265 at 6:15 p.m. the Riverside Municipal Code. The proposed MEETING DATE: February 28, 2023 amendments are intended to: (1) establish MEETING TIME: 6:15 p.m. procedures and regulations to implement a
Cannabis Business Permit Program; (2) implement CONTACT PLANNER: Judy Egüez provisions of the State Law as it relates to PHONE: (951) 826-3969 commercial cannabis use and sales; (3) revise E-MAIL: [email protected] language and terminology for consistency
throughout Titles 5, 9 and 19 of the Municipal Code;
(4) establish Definitions related to the proposed DONESIA L. GAUSE, MMC Cannabis Business Permit Program; and (5) make
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
other minor technical and non-substantive changes
as necessary.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The Community & Economic Development Department recommends that the City Council determine that this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061 (b) (3) (Common Sense) of the CEQA Guidelines, as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the project will have a significant effect on the environment.
Mail written statements to City Clerk, City Hall, 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522, or email [email protected]. Comments via the eComment feature may be submitted through 11 a.m., February 28, 2023, at www.RiversideCA.gov/meeting.
If you challenge the above proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk of the City of Riverside at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Dated and Published: February 14, 2023