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Planning Commission asks staff to study local rules for cottage food operations and microenterprise kitchens
Summary
Commissioners discussed cottage food operations (CFOs) and microenterprise home kitchens (MECOs) and directed staff to include review of local regulations for CFOs in the city’s development code update; no immediate ordinance changes were adopted.
The Cathedral City Planning Commission on Sept. 3 discussed cottage food operations and microenterprise home kitchens and asked staff to include consideration of local land‑use regulations for cottage food operations in the city’s development code update.
Staff explained that microenterprise home kitchens (MECOs) are authorized and permitted by the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health and that Cathedral City cannot impose an additional permitting layer for MECOs; the county inspects MECOs and sets limits on menu, hours, meals per day and annual gross sales. “MECOs are authorized in the jurisdiction of the Department of Environmental Health through ordinance 949, which has been in effect since…
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