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Raising Cane's at Cosumnes River Boulevard (P25-005) [Noticed 04/10/2026; Published 04/10/2026]
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00568
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Location
Location: 1922 Cosumnes River Boulevard, APN(s): 053-0190-028-0000, Council District 8
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion, pass a Motion to approve: 1) the addendum to the previously certified Delta Shores Environmental Impact Report; 2) Conditional Use Permit to authorize a drive-through restaurant use on a 1.8-acre project site within the General Commercial (C-2-PUD) zone and Delta Shores Planned Unit Development (PUD); and 3) Site Plan and Design Review for construction of a 2,768 square foot restaurant building with double drive-through lanes and associated site improvements.
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Contact
Contact: Danny Abbes, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5873, dabbes@cityofsacramento.org;
Marcus Adams, Senior Planner, (916) 808-5044, madams@cityofsacramento.org; Community Development Department
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Presenter
Presenter: Danny Abbes, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5873, dabbes@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Applicant
Applicant: Raising Cane’s Restaurants LLC, Kelly Agnor, 6800 Bishop Road, Plano, TX 75024
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Property Owner
Property Owner: Merlone Geier Partners, Kim Whitney, 425 California Street, San Francisco, CA, 94104
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Background
3-Findings of Fact
4-Project Plans and Renderings
5-Google Image of Homes at East Side of Proposed Drive-through Restaurant
6-Public Comment
7-Addendum to Previously Certified Delta Shores Environmental Impact Report
8-Staff Presentation
9-Applicant Presentation
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The applicant is requesting to construct a 2,768 square foot Raising Cane’s drive through restaurant on a 1.8-acre project site within the General Commercial (C-2-PUD) zone and Delta Shores Planned Unit Development (PUD). The proposal includes double drive-through lanes, a ±1,000 square foot outdoor covered patio, and 43 parking stalls.
The requested entitlements include:
1. Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to authorize a drive-through restaurant; and
2. Site Plan and Design Review for construction of the 2,768 square foot restaurant building with double drive-through lanes and associated site improvements.
Staff support the request to establish a drive-through restaurant at this location with operational conditions of approval that protect the health and general welfare of adjacent existing and future-anticipated residential development.
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Public/NeighborhoodOutreachComments
Public/Neighborhood Outreach and Comments: As part of the application review process, the proposal was routed to community organizations including Civic Thread, Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates, Preservation Sacramento, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Sacramento Housing Alliance, Environmental Council of Sacramento, and the Delta Shores Community Association.
Staff received letters of concern from two immediate adjacent property owners, and concern from a third immediate adjacent property owner at a February 18th Delta Shores Community Association meeting. Staff also received a letter of concern from the Delta Shores Community Association. Below is a brief summation of feedback:
• Adjacent Homeowner 1 Letter: Wishes for business to not operate past 10pm and expresses concern about their children’s sleep quality.
• Adjacent Homeowner 2 Letter: Expresses concern for privacy, increased noise levels, and late-night operational activity, and requests mitigative measures similar to those included within the Delta shores Community Association letter.
• Adjacent Homeowner 3 Feedback at Association Meeting: Expressed concern about vehicle-generated noise at night, the site’s proximity to their bedroom windows, and sleep disruption for their family with a new child.
• Delta Shores Community Association Letter: Expresses concern for impacts upon privacy, noise, and late-night peace, urging consideration of enhanced visual and noise buffers, limited operating hours, speaker systems and drive-through lanes placed away from residential property, lighting control, traffic flow, and a response system to neighborly issues.
The full letters can be referenced in Attachment 6 of the report.
Staff share similar concerns with the neighbors and Community Association and have provided conditions of approval to protect adjacent properties from nuisance-related effects, which are discussed in the remainder of the report and can be found within Attachment 3.
Notification of this hearing was sent to property owners and occupants within a 500-foot radius of the site, and the site was posted with contact information for project questions, as well as the date, time, and participation details for the hearing.
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations:
General Plan
The Delta Shores project was originally approved by City Council on January 13, 2009, with a Development Agreement that vests the project under the 1988 General Plan, the plan in place at the time the Delta Shores Planned Unit Development was established. Subsequent project entitlements to implement the development plan are therefore evaluated for consistency with the 1988 General Plan and subject to the terms and conditions specified in the development regulations in place on the effective date of the Development Agreement. The Development Agreement, a document with a thirty-year term, states that the development plan may be amended or modified from time to time, as necessary to build the residential units or commercial development anticipated under the plan. Staff has evaluated the proposed project and determined that the proposed modifications are consistent with the provisions of the 1988 General Plan designation of “Regional Commercial and Office,” in that it:
• Promotes the development of mixed-use regional commercial and office projects ensuring that the City of Sacramento captures a Regional Central City’s share of the regional commercial and office market.
• Ensures that all areas of the City are adequately served by community shopping districts.
• Promotes the strategic development of vacant and/or underutilized lands, especially along transportation and commercial corridors, to improve the City’s outlook.
Community Plan
The Delta Shores PUD was adopted under the Airport/Meadowview Community Plan. Prior project approvals redesignated the Delta Shores Regional Commercial Center site as Commercial on the Community Plan Land Use Diagram. The drive-through restaurant was analyzed against the Community Plan’s goals and policies at the time of the PUD adoption. The project is found to be consistent with the Airport/Meadowview Community Plan, in that:
• It attracts new, functional commercial development and increases employment opportunities in the community.
• New Commercial Development is encouraged to be located in and assist in upgrading existing commercial centers and vacant commercially zoned land.
• New commercial development in Delta Shores would increase the employment base, income and activity in the Community Plan area.
• New Commercial development needs to be provided to serve the needs of an expanding residential population.
Delta Shores Planned Unit Development (PUD)
The subject site is located within the Delta Shores PUD, a 780-acre planned community in the most southwestern part of the city. The original Guidelines and Schematic Plan of the PUD area were approved by City Council in 2009. Since then, the area has been developed with many regional retail stores next to Interstate 5, as well as an IMAX theater and several supportive restaurants. New housing has been constructed and occupied within the community, with more housing moving forward through recent planning entitlements, building permits, and current construction.
Commercial development at this location is consistent with the PUD Schematic Plan and development standards. Staff did not find any specific policies in the Delta Shores PUD that would directly apply to the project.
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations: The City prepared an environmental impact report that evaluated the environmental effects of the Delta Shores Project (P06-197). The EIR was certified by the City Council on January 13, 2009 (Resolution No. 2009-030). CEQA Guidelines provide that a lead agency shall not prepare a subsequent or supplemental EIR in such a case unless one or more of the conditions set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 is present. Staff has reviewed the proposed project and determined that none of these conditions are present and that only minor changes are required in the EIR. The proposed drive-through restaurant use on a 1.8-acre project site within the General Commercial (C-2-PUD) zone is a minor revision and update to the overall Delta Shores project and no additional environmental effects would result beyond what was previously evaluated in the certified Delta Shores EIR. An addendum has been prepared that satisfies the requirements of CEQA, and no further environmental review is required.
200-Year Flood Protection: State Law (SB 5) and Planning and Development Code chapter 17.810 require that the City must make specific findings prior to approving certain entitlements for projects within a flood hazard zone. The project site is within a flood hazard zone and is in an area covered by SAFCA’s Improvements to the State Plan of Flood Control System, and specific findings related to the level of protection have been incorporated as part of this project. Even though the project site is within a flood hazard zone, the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control or other flood management facilities protect the project to the urban level of flood protection. This is based on the SAFCA Urban Level of Flood Protection Engineer’s Reports accepted by the City Council on October 21, 2025 (Resolution No. 2025-0283).
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: Staff recommend the Planning and Design Commission approve the requested entitlements to establish a drive-through restaurant use in the General Commercial (C-2-PUD) zone, within the Delta Shores PUD, subject to the conditions of approval, including conditions designed to protect the peace of the surrounding neighborhood, in Attachment 3 of the report. The proposed drive-through restaurant is consistent with the intent of the site’s 1988 General Plan designation of Regional Commercial and Office by providing a new dining option that supports the area’s residents, employees, and visitors.
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: Not applicable.
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LocalBusinessEnterprise
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): No goods or services are being purchased under this report.
EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
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Sustainability
Sustainability: Not applicable.
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