The Plant commercial and residential project is back on Costa Mesa Planning Commission agenda

More than two months after hitting a snag because of parking concerns, a revised version of a commercial and residential development called the Plant will be back before the Costa Mesa Planning Commission during a special meeting Monday.

The project, pitched by Lab Holding LLC — the company that developed the Camp and the Lab commercial centers — would remake about 2.2 acres at the corner of Baker Street and Century Place.

Lab Holding proposes to renovate four commercial buildings for retail and food uses surrounding a central courtyard.

The project also calls for a new greenhouse structure and a four-story building blending 48 residential rental units, six live/work units and office space above a two-level, 180-stall parking structure.

The Plant “will include quality architecture and innovative use of landscaping design to connect the indoor to the outdoor spaces,” project manager Jim Trammell wrote in a letter to the city last month.

“The goal is to create a vibrant and unique community consisting of restaurants, food stalls, retail, office and apartments that will be inviting and create spaces for residents and the public to spend time living, meeting, shopping and dining there,” he wrote.

The project originally came up for review Dec. 11, but planning commissioners delayed voting on it.

A sticking point was a proposal to use 27 on-street spaces to help the project meet its parking requirements. Those spaces, along Century Place, would be partially in the public right of way and partly on Lab Holding’s property.

The revised plan replaces those spots with spaces entirely on the project site.

Marijuana business

Commissioners also will review a conditional use permit application for a medical marijuana facility proposed for an existing 24,379-square-foot building at 1675 Toronto Way.

Activities at the business, called Nature’s Market, would include “extraction, manufacturing/processing, packaging, staging, storage and distribution of cannabis products,” according to planning documents.

The facility would be staffed by five to 18 employees at a time and would operate 24 hours daily.

Businesses of that type are permitted in Costa Mesa under Measure X — a voter-approved initiative that allows firms to research, test, process and manufacture some medical marijuana products in a specified area north of South Coast Drive and west of Harbor Boulevard.

Commissioners already have approved applications from five medical marijuana facilities for that zone, including three at their regular meeting this week.

Monday’s special meeting begins at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 77 Fair Drive.

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