File #: 24-284    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 2/29/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 3/7/2024 Final action:
Title: High Art, LLC Conditional Use Permit Assessor's Parcel Number: 522-022-015-000 Record Number: PLN-11525-CUP Old Three Creeks Road, Willow Creek area Denial of a Conditional Use Permit for an existing 20,180-square-foot (SF) outdoor cannabis cultivation operation.
Attachments: 1. 11525 Denial Staff Report 3.7.24, 2. Attachment 1 - DRAFT Resolution, 3. Attachment 2A - Location Map Aerial, 4. Attachment 2B - Cultivation and Operations Plan 01.07.2021, 5. Attachment 2C - Site Plan 03.24.21, 6. Attachment 3A - Aerial Site History_522-022-015-000 (002), 7. Attachment 3B - CDFW Notice of Violation, 8. Attachment 3C - 11525 IP NOT Extended 2023 12.21.2022 64, 9. Attachment 3D - Email to applicant to notify of need for site, 10. Attachment 3E - request site visit email from Planning, 11. Attachment 3F - active cultivation 1, 12. Attachment 3G- active cultivation 2, 13. Attachment 3H - active cultivation 3, 14. Attachment 3I - freshly harvested cultivation 1, 15. Attachment 3J - freshly harvested cultivation 2, 16. Attachment 3K - freshly harvested cultivatoin 3, 17. Attachment 3L - heavily erroded road, 18. Attachment 3M - failed culvert, 19. Attachment 3N - 2021 Metric tags on live plants, 20. Attachment 3O - Perlite soil pile and trash, 21. Attachment 3P - Perlite soil pile, 22. Attachment 3Q - trash and substandard housing, 23. Attachment 3R - batteries, 24. Attachment 3S - synthetic netting piles, 25. Attachment 4 - Hoopa Valley Tribe Letter, 26. Attachment 5 - Applicant Evidence, 27. Attachment 6 - Watershed Map
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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High Art, LLC Conditional Use Permit
Assessor's Parcel Number: 522-022-015-000
Record Number: PLN-11525-CUP
Old Three Creeks Road, Willow Creek area

Denial of a Conditional Use Permit for an existing 20,180-square-foot (SF) outdoor cannabis cultivation operation.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
Adopt the resolution (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Find the project exempt from environmental review pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15270; and
b. Find the existing cannabis operation has operated in violation of Humboldt County Code and State regulations and has been operated as to be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare; and
c. Denies the Conditional Use Permit application for High Art, LLC.
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is located in Humboldt County, in the Three Creeks area west of Willow Creek. The primary access to the site is provided by Old 3 Creeks Road, and the property is approximately 7.64 miles north of the intersection of Highway 299 and Old 3 Creeks Road and 1.66 miles north of the intersection of Old 3 Creeks Road and Supply Creek Road. The approximately 160-acre parcel is found within the portions of Section 17 and 20 Township 07 North, Range 04 East, Humboldt Base & Meridian on the property known as 1125 Supply Creek Rd.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Timberland (T) Density: 40-60 acres per dwelling unit, and Residential Agriculture (RA40) 5 to 160 acres per dwelling unit; Slope Stability: Moderate instability (2).

Present Zoning:
Timberland Production Zone (TPZ).

Environmental Review:
Exempt from environmental review pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15270

State Appeal:
Project is NOT appealable to the California Coastal Commission.

Major Concerns:
* Supply Creek Watershed; and
* Cultivation without an ...

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