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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2016 Planning Commission approves new pot store at Cannery Lofts Many condo residents objected By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Over the objections of sev- eral residents, the Astoria Plan- ning Commission on Tuesday approved a conditional use per- mit for a marijuana store on the ground floor of the Cannery Lofts. Daryl Bell and Terrell Buck- ner are opening a marijuana store called West, which they said would be upscale and a good neighbor to the condos above. Bell had approached Ted Forcum, who owns a condo and the commercial spaces on the ground floor, about opening a marijuana store and art gallery. A city staff report said the gal- lery portion had been dropped. The storefront is in a tourist-ori- ented retail zone, where at least half of business must be geared toward visitors. Classified as a nontourist retail store, West needed a conditional use permit. Bell is also trying to open a West location on East Harbor Drive in Warrenton. The War- renton City Commission voted to restrict marijuana businesses east of U.S. Highway 101. Bell’s project, CBDB Devel- opments, was grandfathered in on the west side of the highway, having been started before the restriction. But under another city ordinance passed last sum- mer, CBDB can only sell to medical cardholders. Bell is also trying to open stores in Rockaway Beach and Pacific City. He said the Asto- ria store will be the first, likely opening in early December. Residents opposed More than 30 residents of the Cannery Lofts signed a peti- tion opposing the store. Many came out Tuesday to share their concerns over issues with park- ing, security, vagrancy and decreased home values they said the store will cause. “I really don’t want to have this parked in my home,” said Nancy Walsh, sharing a com- mon sentiment among residents that the marijuana store does not fit in such a residential area. Forcum, a chiropractor in Portland, said he has had issues renting out the commercial spaces because of water leak- age from the condos above. After turning down 12 requests Windermere Real Estate The Astoria Planning Commission has approved a marijuana store on the ground floor of the Cannery Lofts. to place dispensaries on the ground floor of the condo buildings, he said, he was approached by Bell, liked the art gallery portion, understood the medical benefits of mar- ijuana and found no adverse impacts by other dispensaries located in ground-floor com- mercial spaces. Heather Hansen, director of the county’s land use depart- ment and a renter at the con- dos, said there is no reasonable way to mitigate the negative impact of a marijuana store in a U-shaped building where many of the residents will have to reg- ularly see the business. “There are 30 front doors that will be impacted,” she said. Customers cannot smoke at marijuana stores. But residents were concerned about people shopping at West and smoking along the Astoria Riverwalk, along with the store’s custom- ers worsening the vagrancy res- idents said is already an issue at the condos. Buckner said those issues are already happening at the build- ing and would not be worsened by the store. He and Bell argued that employees and the required lighting and security cameras would improve the security of the area, while adding to the tenant mix in the condo’s com- mercial spaces. Residents argued the store would make parking around the condos more difficult, when the parking lot is already filling up at times. Forcum said the parking lot is at less than half capacity on average, and that the parking issues are caused by ongoing construction to fix the buildings’ structural issues. Limits of power N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 The Daily Astorian Clatsop County lost 300 jobs in September as tour- ist-related industries wound down before winter, accord- ing to recently released state employment data. The county posted a 5.5 percent seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Sep- tember, up slight from 5.4 percent in August and down slightly from the 5.6 percent last year. September’s unem- ployment rate matched the state’s and was 0.5 percent- age points behind the national average. Seasonally adjusted fig- ures look at expected employ- ment trends, comparing them to reality. The county was expected to lose 260 jobs, but lost an additional 40. The leisure and hospital- ity industry, winding down from the summer, cut 260 jobs. Retail trade cut another 50, along with 40 trimmed by food manufacturing. Local government education added 170 jobs as summer vacation ended. 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