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Council approves conditional use permit for retail cannabis dispensary at 1611 Needles Highway
Summary
The City Council adopted Resolution 2025-49 to allow Off The Charts to renovate a vacant building at 1611 Needles Highway into a licensed retail cannabis dispensary, adding a condition that exterior improvements begin within six months and be completed within nine months; public concerns about market saturation were raised during the hearing.
The Needles City Council voted to adopt Resolution 2025-49, approving a conditional use permit for a licensed retail cannabis dispensary and related tenant improvements at 1611 Needles Highway.
City planning staff presented the project as a renovation of a 0.28-acre vacant commercial building in the C2 general commercial zoning district. The application, submitted by Off The Charts (OTC) and represented in staff materials by Norman Yousef, included a security plan, 24-hour digital surveillance, secured entries, odor-control systems and restrictions on on-site consumption and loitering. Staff told the council the project qualifies for a Class 1 categorical exemption under CEQA and that the required…
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