File #: 22-1489    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 10/27/2022 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/3/2022 Final action:
Title: South Fork River Ranch, LLC, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permits Record Number: PLN-13164-CUP (filed 12/30/2016) Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 524-114-005 Willow Creek area A Conditional Use Permit for 18,200 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation and 1,600 SF of ancillary propagation. Water for irrigation is sourced from rainwater catchment supplemented by a point of diversion. Existing available water storage is 113,800 gallons stored in a 100,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond and a series of hard-sided water tanks, with an additional 65,000 gallons of storage proposed in tanks, for a total of 178,800 gallons of onsite water storage. Estimated annual water usage is 169,329 gallons. Drying and curing occurs onsite, with all other processing occurring off-site at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Electricity is sourced from generator power. Special Permits are also requested for continued use and maintenance of the point of diversion inf...
Sponsors: Trip Giannini
Attachments: 1. 13164 South Fork River Ranch Staff Report 11.03.22, 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 Maps, 7. Attachment 2A - Watershed Map, 8. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 9. Attachment 4 - Applicant’s Evidence in Support of the Required Findings, 10. Attachment 4A - Site Management Plan, 11. Attachment 4B - Right to Divert and Use Water Certificate, 12. Attachment 4C - Notice of Applicability, 13. Attachment 4D - Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement, 14. Attachment 4E - Timberland Conversion Evaluation Report, 15. Attachment 4F - Road Evaluation Report by Omsberg and Preston, 16. Attachment 4G - Public Works Road Evaluation Report Form (signed), 17. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations
Previous Action/Referral: 25-291
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
South Fork River Ranch, LLC, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permits
Record Number: PLN-13164-CUP (filed 12/30/2016)
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 524-114-005
Willow Creek area

A Conditional Use Permit for 18,200 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation and 1,600 SF of ancillary propagation. Water for irrigation is sourced from rainwater catchment supplemented by a point of diversion. Existing available water storage is 113,800 gallons stored in a 100,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond and a series of hard-sided water tanks, with an additional 65,000 gallons of storage proposed in tanks, for a total of 178,800 gallons of onsite water storage. Estimated annual water usage is 169,329 gallons. Drying and curing occurs onsite, with all other processing occurring off-site at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Electricity is sourced from generator power. Special Permits are also requested for continued use and maintenance of the point of diversion infrastructure and for a reduction to the 600-foot setback to adjacent public lands.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Describe the application as part of the Consent Agenda
2. Survey the audience for any person who would like to discuss the application.
3. If no one requests discussion, make the following motion to approve the application as part of the Consent Agenda; and
4. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 22-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds that the Planning Commission has considered the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Cannabis Land Use Ordinance that was prepared for South Fork River Ranch, LLC; and
b. Finds that the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the South Fork River Ranch, LLC, Conditional Use Permit and Special Per...

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