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Vol. 19, No. 11
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Developers aim to move limit line
March 15, 2019
Spring Real Estate Guide
by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
A longtime Brentwood farmer and developer is among a group that has planted an idea to expand the city’s urban limit line to accommodate a large senior housing project that includes commercial elements. But another local faction has already launched plans to dry up the idea. Ron Nunn and his family, along with their partners, Matt and Steve Beinke and others (collectively the Blackhawk Nunn Partners), intend to craft a November ballot initiative to expand Brentwood’s urban limit line — the mark at which urban development must stop — 800 acres west of Shadow Lakes to Deer Valley see Developers page 22A
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A local developer is looking to get a measure on the November ballot to expand Brentwood’s urban limit line in order to accommodate a housing project in Brentwood.
Antioch Planning Commission OKs first cannabis dispensary by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
Antioch’s first cannabis dispensary is now one step closer to opening its doors. The Antioch Planning Commission recently approved a use permit for the One Plant Cannabis Dispensary in the former Goodwill building at 2701 W. 10th St. The business, whose use permit must still be approved by the full city council, is slated to sell retail cannabis, vape pens, vape pen batteries and chargers, which are used to administer cannabis concentrates. The company will also deliver cannabis
“ For us, they checked all the boxes and we saw no reason not to put it forth to the city council.
” Martha Parsons, Antioch Planning Commission
products. “For us, they checked all the boxes and we saw no reason not to put it forth to the city council,” said Martha Parsons, chair of the Antioch Planning Commission. The approval comes on the heels of state voters legalizing marijuana possession, sales and distribution, and city lead-
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ers’ subsequent move to create a cannabis business zoning overlay district — generally the industrial or commercial areas between the San Joaquin River and East 18th Street and the Verne Roberts Circle area — that regulates cannabis businesses and associated land uses. The One Plant brand is the
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globally recognized Serruya family’s California rollout of its retail cannabis brand. “We’d like to get open to start generating some revenue for ourselves and the city,” said One Planet representative Chris Hester. The dispensary and delivery service would operate seven days a week with strict security and other mitigation measures to alleviate potential operational impacts. Retail customers would be required to present a valid identification in the business lobby prior to entering the 2,500-square see Cannabis page 22A
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