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Rohnert Park council pauses decision on Walmart expansion amid residents' safety and noise concerns
Summary
After hours of public comment on July 8, the Rohnert Park City Council continued an appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of a 4,969-square-foot interior expansion at the Walmart Neighborhood Market and a proposal to relocate and expand curbside pickup. Neighbors raised safety, noise, idling and sewer/rodent concerns; the council asked staff and the applicant to return with tightened conditions.
Rohnert Park ' The City Council on July 8 continued consideration of an appeal of the Planning Commission's May 8 approval of a conditional use permit amendment for a 4,969-square-foot interior expansion of the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 901 Golf Course Drive and a plan that would relocate and add on-site curbside pickup spaces.
Alli Judicy, the city's director of development services, told the council staff recommended denying the appeal and upholding the Planning Commission's approval, noting the project was found consistent with the municipal code and categorically exempt from CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines section 15301 for work on an existing facility. The application would add employee facilities and interior pharmacy upgrades and relocate online pickup spaces; the applicant proposed 17 pickup bays near the south side of the building.
Neighbors and the appellant, Bess McKay, urged the council to overturn the Planning Commission's approval. McKay told the council she supported the store but opposed the pickup relocation, calling the proposed area “the second-most-congested…
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