El Dorado County Planning Commission to hold hearings on two Lake Tahoe cannabis businesses

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The unincorporated area of El Dorado County at Lake Tahoe does not currently have any cannabis storefronts but that is about to change. On the Planning Commission's agenda for Sept. 8 are two cannabis business hearings for permits.

One is for a Commercial Cannabis Use Permit for a retail storefront for the sale of cannabis goods for medicinal and adult-use recreational at 2140 US-50, near the intersection with Jewell Road.

For three years Eldo Lake Investment, LLC has been working through the process of opening the business in a building located on 1.18 acres on the west side of US 50 across from the old Sunset Stables. The company has planned 1,600 square feet of commercial space in the building. The County is allowing seven retail cannabis businesses in the unincorporated part of the whole county, from El Dorado Hills to Tahoma. When those seven applications were accepted, it was realized the Meyers Area Plan (MAP) boundaries had no zoning to match the county zoning areas where cannabis businesses would be allowed. The code was rewritten and allowed one cannabis business within the MAP boundaries.

Staff is recommending the Planning Commission take the following actions: Find the project exempt under Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, and approve Commercial Cannabis Use Permit CCUP19-0008, based on the findings and subject to the 'Conditions of Approval' as presented. The business is in the Industrial Light zone district where such a business is allowed.

Eldo Lake plans on a commercial cannabis retail storefront for the sales, including delivery, of adult-use recreational and medical use cannabis goods.

The other agenda item is for a Commercial Cannabis Use Permit for Embarc Meyers. They too have been going through the process since being selected for the sole application within the Meyers Area Plan, with plans to sell cannabis goods for medicinal and adult-use recreational in an existing building, the former gym in Meyers.

Staff is also recommending the Planning Commission take the following actions for Embarc Meyers: Find the project Exempt under Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, and approve Commercial Cannabis Use Permit CCUP21-0001, based on the Findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval as presented.

Embarc Meyers plans on a commercial cannabis retail storefront for the sales, including delivery, of adult-use recreational and medical use cannabis goods. Embarc also runs a cannabis business in the South Lake Tahoe city limits

The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 8. For instructions on how to attend in person in Placerville or online, visit HERE.