File #: 23-225    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 2/10/2023 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 2/16/2023 Final action:
Title: Forever Loving Humboldt Cooperative Application Number PLN-13077-SP Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 211-341-037-000 Myers Flat area Denial of a Special Permit application for a new wholesale nursery and a Zoning Clearance Certificate for 10,000 square feet new mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation within four (4) 25'x100' greenhouses. The proposed irrigation water source is rainwater catchment and a well registered as a riparian diversion to the proximity to a watercourse. On-site processing is proposed. Project water use is 150,000 yearly (15 gal/square foot). Proposed water storage is 190,000 gallons. Power is proposed to be sourced from PG&E with a generator on-sight for emergency back-up. Up to seven (7) employees are proposed.
Attachments: 1. 13077 Forever Loving Humboldt Staff Report 02.16.23, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A- Operations Plan, 4. Attachment 1B - Site Plan, 5. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 6. Attachment 3 - Deficiency Letters


To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Forever Loving Humboldt Cooperative
Application Number PLN-13077-SP
Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 211-341-037-000
Myers Flat area

Denial of a Special Permit application for a new wholesale nursery and a Zoning Clearance Certificate for 10,000 square feet new mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation within four (4) 25'x100' greenhouses. The proposed irrigation water source is rainwater catchment and a well registered as a riparian diversion to the proximity to a watercourse. On-site processing is proposed. Project water use is 150,000 yearly (15 gal/square foot). Proposed water storage is 190,000 gallons. Power is proposed to be sourced from PG&E with a generator on-sight for emergency back-up. Up to seven (7) employees are proposed.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Describe the application as part of the Consent Agenda
2. Survey the audience for any person who would like to discuss the application.
3. If no one requests discussion, make the following motion to deny the application as part of the Consent Agenda; and
4. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 23-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Find Forever Loving Humboldt Cooperative statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per section 15270 (Projects Which Are Disapproved) of the CEQA Guidelines.
b. Find the applicant has not provided sufficient evidence necessary to make the required findings for approval
c. Deny the Forever Loving Humboldt Cooperative, Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permit.

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in Humboldt County, in the Myers Flat area, on the west side of Browns Road, approximately 1,500 feet south from the intersection of Dyerville Loop Road and Browns Road, then approximately 996 feet south on a private driveway, on the property known as...

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