Planning commissioners delay decision on AEGIS medication unit at Oro Dam Boulevard amid location concerns

The Oroville City Planning Commission on Tuesday continued consideration of a use-permit application from AEGIS to open a medication unit at 1121 Oro Dam Boulevard, moving the item to the commission’s next meeting for further review.

The item drew a staff recommendation to approve and a detailed presentation from the applicant about operations, but several commissioners and a member of the public said the proposed site — at a former retail building in a busy commercial strip — raises neighborhood and perception concerns.

West Urban, City Planner, told the commission the proposal would convert roughly half of a 5,500-square-foot former retail building into medical offices on a 68,000-square-foot parcel. He said the applicant has agreed to restripe the lot, remove two conex boxes from the rear of the property, update landscaping, secure the trash enclosure and create a clear path of travel to the recently constructed Caltrans sidewalk. Urban said the building sits more than 500 feet from the nearest schools or residences, which meets a siting…