Legislation Details

File #: 26-877    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 8/14/2026 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 8/20/2026 Final action:
Title: Shepp-Cruz Family Farm, LLC, Conditional Use Permit Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 108-023-010-000 Record No.: PLN-12034-CUP Whitethorn area An application for 22,035 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation with 2,200 square feet of propagation space. Two harvests will be done using light deprivation techniques. Irrigation water is sourced from an approved groundwater well with an estimated annual water use is 250,000 gallons. Water storage totals 23,150 gallons in hard tanks. All power is provided by a solar PV system. Two seasonal employees are proposed for this project.
Sponsors: Planning and Building
Attachments: 1. 12034 Staff Report 8.20.26, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Cultivation and Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Map Set, 7. Attachment 3 - 12034 CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4A - Shepp-Curz Family Farm 3 Acre Conversion, 9. Attachment 4B - Shepp-Curz Family Farm Road Evaluation 06.23.2020, 10. Attachment 4C - 12034 Well Completion Report 04.12.21, 11. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 12. Attachment 5A - CDFW Referral Response PLN-12034, 13. Attachment 5B - Public Works Referral Response, 14. Attachment 5C - Div of Water Rights Referral Response
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Shepp-Cruz Family Farm, LLC, Conditional Use Permit
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 108-023-010-000
Record No.: PLN-12034-CUP
Whitethorn area

An application for 22,035 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation with 2,200 square feet of propagation space. Two harvests will be done using light deprivation techniques. Irrigation water is sourced from an approved groundwater well with an estimated annual water use is 250,000 gallons. Water storage totals 23,150 gallons in hard tanks. All power is provided by a solar PV system. Two seasonal employees are proposed for this project.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

1. Adopt the resolution, (Attachment 1) which does the following:

a. Finds the Planning Commission has considered the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance that was prepared for the PLN-12034-CUP project; and

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

c. Approves the Conditional Use Permit subject to the Conditions of Approval (Attachment 1A).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in the Whitethorn area, on the NE side of Wilder Ridge Rd, approximately 7500 feet west from the intersection of Wilder Ridge Rd and Harrow Rd, on the property known to be in Township 03S of Range 01E Section 34 Humboldt Base & Meridian on a property known as 9325 Wilder Ridge Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Timber; Community Plan Inland GP

Present Zoning: Timber Production Zone (TPZ)

Environmental Review: An Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for consideration per ?15164 of CEQA Guidelines.

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

Major Concerns: None

Monitoring Required: Annual...

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