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Planning commission declines special-use permit for cannabis operation near Cielo Dorado
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing with dozens of residents expressing safety and quality-of-life concerns, the Doña Ana County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3–2 to deny a special-use permit that would have allowed large-scale cannabis cultivation, an outdoor consumption lounge and retail at a 48-acre parcel off Gardner Road.
The Doña Ana County Planning and Zoning Commission on March 13 denied a special-use permit application from Brandon May that would have allowed cannabis cultivation in three greenhouses, retail sales and an outdoor consumption lounge on a 48.33-acre parcel north of the city along Gardner Road.
Staff presented the application and a staff analysis that noted planning and public-safety factors. The staff report described the applicant’s plan for three 98-by-24-foot greenhouses, an outdoor consumption lounge, drive-through retail hours and cultivation of up to 1,000 mature plants under a conditional permit; it also explained that the county’s Unified Development Code allows a cannabis “micro business” as a by-right use with different limits (for example a 200 mature-plant cap). Staff recommended conditional approval with the major conditions that cultivation be limited to production only (no retail or on-site clients) capped at 1,000…
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