Santa Rosa planning panel denies conditional use permit for Elmtree Station gas project

Apr 11, 2025

After hours of public comment raising traffic, groundwater and public‑health concerns, the Planning Commission voted 6–0 with one recusal on April 10 to deny a conditional use permit for Elmtree Station and declined to adopt a CEQA addendum the same night.

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The Santa Rosa Planning Commission on April 10 denied a conditional use permit for the proposed Elmtree Station project at 874 North Wright Road, voting 6–0 with one recusal. Earlier in the meeting the commission voted to reject staff’s proposed addendum to the 2013 mitigated negative declaration by the same margin, preventing the environmental determination needed to approve the project.

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