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Council upholds planning commission, approves yoga studio at 310 Broad Street after heated public comment
Summary
After more than an hour of public testimony about downtown retail mix and sales-tax impacts, the Nevada City Council denied an appeal and upheld the planning commission's conditional use permit for a yoga studio at 310 Broad Street, voting unanimously to allow the studio with the conditions previously set by planning staff.
The Nevada City Council on March 25 denied an appeal of a planning commission decision and upheld a conditional use permit allowing a yoga studio with retail frontage at 310 Broad Street.
City planner Jessica Hankins told the council staff recommended denying the appeal, saying the commission had met the municipal-code findings required for a conditional use permit. "In your staff report, you will find the motion that is recommended for this, which is to deny the appeal and uphold the decision of the planning commission," Hankins said during her presentation.
The applicant, identified in the record as Kat, described plans for a broadly accessible yoga studio with a retail storefront aimed at selling work by local artisans and anchoring downtown foot traffic. Kat…
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