File #: 23-1268    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Passed
File created: 9/11/2023 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 9/21/2023 Final action: 9/21/2023
Title: Thomas Morgan, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 208-111-029 Record No.: PLN-12286-CUP Bridgeville Area A Conditional Use Permit for 12,020 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation supported by a 768 square foot ancillary nursery. Annual Water Usage is estimated at 120,000 gallons. The water source is a point of diversion and a well. Total existing water storage is 48,200 gallons and the applicant proposes 50,000 gallons of additional storage. Processing will occur offsite. Electricity is provided by generators and solar power is proposed. The project includes a Special Permit for the remediation of a historic cultivation area within the Streamside Management Area. Trimming will occur off-site at a licensed processing facility. Employees will not be used for this operation.
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 12286 Staff Report 9.21.23, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - 12286 Cultivation Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - 12286 Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - 12286 Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - 12286 Applicant's Evidence in Support of Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - Water Resources Protection Plan, 10. Attachment 4B - Water Right, 11. Attachment 4C - Final Streambed Alteration Agreement with CDFW, 12. Attachment 4D - Well Completion Report, 13. Attachment 4E - Road Evaluation Report Form, 14. Attachment 4F - Notice of Violation, 15. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 16. Attachment 5A - Department of Environmental Health Comments, 17. Attachment 5B - Department of Public Works Comments, 18. Attachment 5C - CalTrans Comments, 19. Attachment 5D - CDFW.Comments, 20. Attachment 6A Cultivation Area Verification, 21. Attachment 7 - Watershed Map
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Thomas Morgan, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 208-111-029
Record No.: PLN-12286-CUP
Bridgeville Area

A Conditional Use Permit for 12,020 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation supported by a 768 square foot ancillary nursery. Annual Water Usage is estimated at 120,000 gallons. The water source is a point of diversion and a well. Total existing water storage is 48,200 gallons and the applicant proposes 50,000 gallons of additional storage. Processing will occur offsite. Electricity is provided by generators and solar power is proposed. The project includes a Special Permit for the remediation of a historic cultivation area within the Streamside Management Area. Trimming will occur off-site at a licensed processing facility. Employees will not be used for this operation.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):

Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 23-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:

a. Finds that the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Thomas Morgan project); and

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

c. Approves the Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachment 1A)


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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is in Humboldt County, in the Bridgeville area, on the south side of State Highway 36, approximately 3.2 miles east from the intersection of Alderpoint Road and State Highway 36, then south on a private road for approximately 2.32 miles, on the property known as 27730 State Highway 36.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Residential Agriculture (RA), 2017 General Plan, Density: 40 acres...

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