File #: 24-1543    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 10/31/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/7/2024 Final action:
Title: Showers Pass Farms LLC Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 317-182-020-000 and 317-182-019-000 Record Numbers.: PLN-11989-CUP Kneeland/Showers Pass area Project Description: Conditional Use Permit for 18,634 square feet of existing, outdoor cannabis cultivation. A permitted well on APN 317-182-019 provides cultivation water. 10,000 gallons of water is stored in hard tanks. An estimated 160,000 gallons of water is needed annually for irrigation. Drying/curing of harvested cannabis to occur within an on-site shed. All processing activities occur at a licensed facility off-site. Power is provided by generators, the project is conditioned to transition to 100% renewable power by January 1, 2026, with generators reserved for emergencies only. Special permit for the use and maintenance of a waterline in the Streamside Management Area.
Attachments: 1. 11989 Staff Report 11.07.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval 11989, 4. Attachment 1B - 11989 Cultivation Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C -11989 Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum 11989, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - 11989 LSAA 11.14.19, 10. Attachment 4B - 11989 Site Management Plan, 11. Attachment 4C - 11989 less-than-3-acre Conversion Exemption, 12. Attachment 4D - 10854 Well Completion Report, 13. Attachment 4E - Road Evaluation, 14. Attachment 4F - 10854 NSO Assessment, 15. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 16. Attachment 5A - CDFW response 11989, 17. Attachment 5B - CalFire Response, 18. Attachment 6 - Watershed Map
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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Showers Pass Farms LLC Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 317-182-020-000 and 317-182-019-000
Record Numbers.: PLN-11989-CUP
Kneeland/Showers Pass area

Project Description: Conditional Use Permit for 18,634 square feet of existing, outdoor cannabis cultivation. A permitted well on APN 317-182-019 provides cultivation water. 10,000 gallons of water is stored in hard tanks. An estimated 160,000 gallons of water is needed annually for irrigation. Drying/curing of harvested cannabis to occur within an on-site shed. All processing activities occur at a licensed facility off-site. Power is provided by generators, the project is conditioned to transition to 100% renewable power by January 1, 2026, with generators reserved for emergencies only. Special permit for the use and maintenance of a waterline in the Streamside Management Area.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt resolutions (Resolution 24-__) (Attachments 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Showers Pass Farms LLC project (Attachment 3); and
b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Showers Pass Farms LLC Conditional Use Permit and Special 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 Kneeland/Shower Pass area, on both sides of Stapp Road, approximately 1.76 miles east from the intersection of Showers Pass Road and Stapp Road, on the property known to be in the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 35, Township 03 North Range 04 East.

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