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Planning Commission denies Spark dispensary discretionary review amid neighborhood clustering concerns
Summary
After months of debate and a packed public hearing with hundreds of pro- and anti-dispensary speakers, the Planning Commission voted 4'2 to take Doctor and deny the mandatory discretionary review for a proposed Spark medical cannabis dispensary at 5420 Mission Street, citing concentration and neighborhood impacts.
The commission heard a prolonged, heavily attended mandatory discretionary review for a proposed Spark medical cannabis dispensary at 5420 Mission Street. Planning staff summarized zoning constraints (green-zone proximity to schools and to other MCDs), noted enforcement cases opened for transparency/landscaping issues at two existing Mission Street MCDs, and recommended conditions should the commission choose to approve.
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