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Belmont council approves four cannabis-related ordinances for two El Camino Real sites
Summary
On April 8 the Belmont City Council approved four ordinances rezoning and authorizing development agreements for cannabis retail projects at 1538 and 1397 El Camino Real; the items were adopted on the consent calendar and the motion passed by roll call.
Belmont City Council on April 8 adopted four consent-calendar ordinances rezoning two properties on El Camino Real and approving development agreements for retail cannabis projects at 1538 and 1397 El Camino Real.
The items read into the record included: rezoning 1538 El Camino Real into the S-3 cannabis retail and distribution overlay district; a development agreement for a retail cannabis project at 1538 El Camino Real (Veil Cannabis project, not otherwise numbered in the record); rezoning the property at and around 1397 El Camino Real into the S-3 cannabis retail and distribution overlay district; and a development agreement approving the Cannabale retail cannabis project at 1397 El Camino Real. The ordinances and agreements were considered on the consent calendar and adopted by a single roll-call vote.
Why this matters: the ordinances change zoning overlays and authorize development agreements for two retail cannabis proposals on a major commercial corridor, enabling those specific projects to proceed through local development and permitting processes.
The council moved to approve the consent items; the motion was made by Council member Latimer Lowe and seconded by Council member McCune. The clerk conducted a roll call; the motion was recorded as passing. During the roll-call sequence the record contains a note that a council member intended to record a no vote on one consent item (item B) earlier in the discussion, but the final roll call recorded the motion as passing. The motion was announced as “passes as amended.”
What was not specified in the meeting record: the transcript does not include ordinance numbers, the full text of the development agreements, or conditions specific to each project beyond the titles read into the record. The consent-calendar reading did not generate public testimony or separate deliberation at the meeting.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Motion to adopt consent calendar items A–D (four ordinances rezoning and approving development agreements for 1538 and 1397 El Camino Real). Mover: Council member Latimer Lowe. Second: Council member McCune. Record: Mayor Mates — Yes; Vice Mayor Peng Manganeris — Aye; Council member Jordan — Yes; Council member McKeown — Aye; Council member Latimer Lowe — Yes (note in the record indicates an earlier intent to record a no on item B, see provenance). Outcome: approved; motion passes as amended.
Because the items were on consent, council did not open individual public hearings or deliberate separately on each ordinance during the meeting. If applicants or members of the public wish to review the legal text or vote tallies beyond the roll-call summary read at the meeting, those documents were not included in the transcript and must be requested from city staff or the city clerk’s office.
