Legislation Details

File #: 24-976    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 5/31/2024 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 6/6/2024 Final action:
Title: Happy Ranger LLC Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permit Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 217-391-008 Record Numbers: PLN-11810-SP Blocksburg area A Zoning Clearance Certificate for 4,160 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation with a 406 square foot ancillary nursery. The project includes a Special Permit for a diversion and restoration of streamside management areas to support onsite relocation of cultivation. Irrigation water is sourced from a point of diversion and rainwater catchment. Annual water usage is estimated at 40,000 gallons. There is 43,000 gallons of existing tank storage for irrigation and an additional 10,000 gallons of storage is proposed. Processing including trimming will occur onsite and power is sourced from PGE with a generator for emergencies only.
Attachments: 1. 11810 Staff Report 6.6.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement, 10. Attachment 4B - Road Evaluation, 11. Attachment 4C - Right to Divert and Use Water, 12. Attachment 4D - Site Management Plan, 13. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments 5A to 5D, 14. ZA Resolution 24-024_Happy Ranger_11810
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Happy Ranger LLC Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permit
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 217-391-008
Record Numbers: PLN-11810-SP
Blocksburg area

A Zoning Clearance Certificate for 4,160 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation with a 406 square foot ancillary nursery. The project includes a Special Permit for a diversion and restoration of streamside management areas to support onsite relocation of cultivation. Irrigation water is sourced from a point of diversion and rainwater catchment. Annual water usage is estimated at 40,000 gallons. There is 43,000 gallons of existing tank storage for irrigation and an additional 10,000 gallons of storage is proposed. Processing including trimming will occur onsite and power is sourced from PGE with a generator for emergencies only.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:

1. Adopt resolutions (Resolution 24-__) (Attachments 1) which does the following:

a. Finds the Zoning Administrator has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Happy Ranger LLC project (Attachment 3); and

b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and

c. Approves the Happy Ranger LLC Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is in the Blocksburg area, on the west side of Alderpoint/Cemetery Road, approximately 3400 feet south from the intersection of Alderpoint Road and Homestead Road, on the property known to be in Section 17 of Township 02S, Range 05E, Humboldt Base & Meridian. Situs known as 29191 Alderpoint Road Blocksburg, CA 95514.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Residential A...

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