Carson City Board of Supervisors to discuss cannabis curbside pickup, retail locations; new housing developments
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 08/12/2022 - 5:03pm
The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held on Thursday, Aug. 18 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Bob Crowell Boardroom of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.
Members of the public who wish only to view the meeting but do NOT plan to make public comment may watch the livestream of the Board of Supervisors meeting at https://www.carson.org/granicus and by clicking on “In progress” next to the meeting date, or by tuning in to cable channel 191.
The public may provide public comment in advance of a meeting by written submission to the following email address: publiccomment@carson.org. For inclusion or reference in the minutes of the meeting, your public comment must include your full name and be submitted via email by not later than 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. Public comment during a meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker.
Items to be discussed include cannabis ordinances, new housing, and more.
Curbside Pickup
The Carson City Board of Supervisors will discuss on first reading a proposed ordinance change that would allow curbside pickup at its two current retail cannabis stores.
After several weeks of discussion on whether to recommend one or two additional cannabis retail locations to the board, the Carson City Planning Commission changed course, recommending no additional locations at all.
Some argued any changes to the cannabis ordinances should come from the Board of Supervisors, not the Planning Commission.
The commission did argue favorably in allowing permanent curbside pickup access, a procedure that was first allowed during the pandemic.
In the first discussion held to allow curbside pickup at the beginning of the pandemic, proponents of curbside pickup state it is imperative for disabled consumers who use cannabis for medical conditions that may limit mobility. Those against stated that curbside pickup is similar to an “open air drug deal” and argued against it.
If approved, curbside pickup may be authorized pursuant to a Special Use Permit with some contingencies, such as only providing the service with an appointment, not increasing traffic congestion, and issues relating to public and personal safety.
New Cannabis Location
Despite the non-recommendation of the Planning Commission, the original applicant who spurred recent discussions on the ordinance, Qualcan LLC., will be heard before the Board of Supervisors regarding an increase to the city’s current cannabis location cap.
When cannabis was legalized in Nevada for recreational use in 2016, state law allowed for four retail cannabis locations and two medical cannabis locations within Carson City, based on population.
Carson City then enacted an ordinance stating that retail locations must be located at previously established medical cannabis locations, and capped the total number of locations at two.
Michael Cristalli, co-founder of Qualcan, stated that because his business is a Nevada-based company, as opposed to the two current retail locations owned by one Illinois company, money would stay within Nevada and be invested back into the community.
He argued that only allowing one company to operate created a cannabis monopoly in the capital city, which was unfair for consumers.
The Board will hold a discussion regarding Qualcan’s request to amend the cannabis city ordinances to allow for additional retail stores, as well as revising provisions requiring for cannabis retail stores and medical retail stores to be co-located within the same business.
Housing
A discussion and possible action will be held regarding a final subdivision map for the Andersen Ranch development, located at 1450 Mountain Street and North Ormsby Boulevard, which will create 203 residential lots.
A tentative subdivision map was first approved by the board in Jan. 2020; since that time, the applicant has graded the site and begun the installation of necessary infrastructure for the subdivision.
Similarly, a final subdivision map for the Blackstone Ranch development will be discussed for:
Phase 1-B, which will create 53 residential lots, a common area and rights-of-way on a 10 acre site located south of Hogan Peak Street and east of Wildcat Peak Street and;
Phase 1-C, which will create 70 residential lots, common areas and rights-of-way on a 16 acre site.
The tentative subdivision map for Blackstone Ranch was first approved in March 2017, and a modification as approved in April 2019.
For these and other agenda items, please click here.
