File #: 25-536    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 4/10/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 4/17/2025 Final action:
Title: Pharming Humboldt Dreams Microbusiness, Special Permit Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 223-241-006 Record No.: PLN-2024-19044 Garberville area A Special Permit to conduct ancillary operations int the form of a microbusiness that will include non-volatile manufacturing, distribution, and a nursery, in an existing commercially permitted structure. All additional ancillary operations will source cannabis from cultivation onsite, no offsite cannabis is imported. The site contains an existing, approved cannabis permit for 10,000 square feet of mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation with onsite processing that was approved under a Zoning Clearance Certificate. Water source remains unchanged with an existing rainwater catchment system. Electricity is provided by PG&E and solar. Deliveries of clones will be made by the applicant in a small transport vehicle. Deliveries will be made within the local vicinity to neighboring parcels that also contain cannabis cultivation.
Attachments: 1. 19044 Pharming Humboldt Staff Report 04.17.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - 19044 Operation and Cultivation Plan 3.27.2025, 5. Attachment 1C - Pharming Humboldt Dreams Microbusiness Plot Plan_3-24-25, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Findings, 9. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recomendations, 10. Attachment 6 - Public Comment, 11. Attachment 7 - 19044 Watershed Map
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
title
Pharming Humboldt Dreams Microbusiness, Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 223-241-006
Record No.: PLN-2024-19044
Garberville area

A Special Permit to conduct ancillary operations int the form of a microbusiness that will include non-volatile manufacturing, distribution, and a nursery, in an existing commercially permitted structure. All additional ancillary operations will source cannabis from cultivation onsite, no offsite cannabis is imported. The site contains an existing, approved cannabis permit for 10,000 square feet of mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation with onsite processing that was approved under a Zoning Clearance Certificate. Water source remains unchanged with an existing rainwater catchment system. Electricity is provided by PG&E and solar. Deliveries of clones will be made by the applicant in a small transport vehicle. Deliveries will be made within the local vicinity to neighboring parcels that also contain cannabis cultivation.
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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 Environmental Impact Report previously certified for the Commercial Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Pharming Humboldt Dreams Microbusiness, LLC project (Attachment 3); and

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

c. Approves the Pharming Humboldt Dreams Microbusiness Special Permit subject to the conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: This project is located in the Garberville area, on the east side of Alderpoint Road, approximately 1,200 feet southeast from the intersection of Alderpoint Road and Upper Sawmill Road, on the property known as 3295 Alderpoint Ro...

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