Title
Mad River Family Farms, LLC, Conditional Use Permits and Special permit
Record Number PLN-11727-CUP, PLN-11728-CUP, PLN-11730-CUP
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) 208-221-015, 208-221-016, 208-221-008
Dinsmore area
Three Conditional Use Permits for the operation of existing full sun and light deprivation outdoor cannabis cultivation operations occurring across three adjacent and contiguous parcels, for a total of 63,701 square feet with 6,424 square feet of ancillary propagation, and a Special Permit for work within SMA areas and restoration of SMA areas including the removal of an in-stream pond. A total of 540,000 gallons of water is needed annual for all three projects, sourced from two groundwater wells and a 275,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. A total of 437,950 gallons of water storage is available over the three properties. Processing activities are performed on APN 208-221-016 in a proposed 2,400-square-foot building or taken to a licensed off-site processing facility. Electricity is sourced from onsite solar and generator power. Access to the site is via West River Road off River Road which runs to the Humboldt/Trinity County Line.
Recommendation
Adopt the Resolutions which do the following: 1) find that the Planning Commission has considered the Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO) pursuant to Section §15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, 2) make all the required findings for approval of the Conditional Use Permits and Special Permit, and 3) approve the Mad River Family Farms, LLC, projects subject to the recommended conditions.