File #: 12045    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 3/18/2022 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 3/24/2022 Final action: 3/24/2022
Title: Hope Springs Farm: Special Permit Record Number PLN-12045-SP (filed 12/19/2016) Assessor's Parcel Number: 210-043-003. Dinsmore area A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation, including 600 SF of ancillary propagation. Irrigation water is currently sourced from a permitted groundwater well; however, the applicant is proposing to switch to rainwater catchment and add additional water storage onsite by 2024. There will be a total of 211,000 gallons of water storage. Estimated annual water usage is 90,000 gallons. Processing occurs onsite. Power is provided by a generator and solar. The Humboldt County Zoning Administrator will consider an Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration.
Attachments: 1. 12045 Hope Springs Farm Executive Summary 03.24.22, 2. 12045 Hope Springs Farm Staff Report 03.24.22, 3. Attachment 3A - 12045 Road Evaluation

Title

Hope Springs Farm: Special Permit

Record Number PLN-12045-SP (filed 12/19/2016)

Assessor’s Parcel Number: 210-043-003.

Dinsmore area

 

A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation, including 600 SF of ancillary propagation. Irrigation water is currently sourced from a permitted groundwater well; however, the applicant is proposing to switch to rainwater catchment and add additional water storage onsite by 2024. There will be a total of 211,000 gallons of water storage. Estimated annual water usage is 90,000 gallons. Processing occurs onsite. Power is provided by a generator and solar. The Humboldt County Zoning Administrator will consider an Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration.

 

Recommendation

Staff Recommendation:  Find that the Zoning Administrator has considered the Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CCMLUO) as described by Section §15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, make all of the required findings for approval of the Special Permit and adopt the Resolution approving the Hope Springs Farm project as recommended by staff subject to the recommended conditions.