PREPARED BY: SANDRA CASTANEDA DATE OF MEETING: 10/28/2025
SUBJECT:
TITLE
CONSIDERATION OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A RETAIL CANNABIS USE AT AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER BUILDING LOCATED IN THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE (CMU) DISTRICT AT 3550 SAN PABLO DAM ROAD, SUITE C, (APN: 420-130-032).
CEQA: This project is categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities, Class 1. This Class applies to continued operation of existing private structures, such as the existing commercial shopping center where the new business proposes to locate, with negligible or no expansion of uses
Label
Location: 3550 San Pablo Dam Road, Suite C, southernmost main building of the Plaza Sobrante shopping center
APN: 420-130-032
PLAN No: PLAN2509-0005
Zoning: Commercial Mixed Use
CEQA: Exempt under Section 15301. Existing Facilities.
Owner: Denis Hill (Hill-Sketchley Properties)
Applicant: Off the Charts (OTC)
Staff Contact: Sandra Castaneda Marquez, Planning Manager
Recommendation
Conduct public hearing; adopt Resolution
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REQUESTED ACTION
A request for approval of a Conditional Use Permit to allow a new Cannabis, Retail Business Use in an existing multi-suite shopping center located at 3550 San Pablo Dam Road, Suite C (APN420-130-032). The Parcel is designated Commercial Mixed Use in the San Pablo General Plan and it is zoned CMU, Commercial Mixed Use.
Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses:
The project site is currently occupied by a small shopping center known as Plaza Sobrante. The building within the shopping center in which the retail cannabis operator will be located is the main building in the south end of the shopping plaza with multiple tenant spaces. The suite where the retail cannabis operation is proposed to be located is known as suite C and is currently vacant. The most recent use that occupied this unit was an auto parts store. Other businesses occupying adjac...
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