Title
Cedar Farm West, LLC, Special Permits
Record Number PLN-13340-SP (filed 12/30/2016)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 317-055-001
Korbel Area
Cedar Farm West, LLC is applying for a Special Permit for 9,000 sq. ft. of pre-existing outdoor cannabis cultivation and 900 sq. ft. of ancillary propagation area. The applicant is proposing greenhouses for light-deprivation methods without the use of supplemental lights. Historic cultivation areas will be relocated to a central location on the parcel with environmental superiority. Water will be sourced primarily from a stream diversion under Water Right Certificate H100570, and supplemental water will be sourced from an on-site well. A Special Permit is being requested in order to allow the use of the stream diversion for cannabis irrigation. Total annual water usage is estimated at 117,000 gallons per year (11.8 gal/sq. ft./yr.). There is currently a total of 105,000 gallons of water storage on-site, and the applicant is proposing to add a 150,000 gallon rainwater catchment pond. Portable toilets and hand washing stations will be available on-site. Trimming will occur off-site at a licensed processing facility. Power will be sourced from an on-site generator.
Recommendation
Adopt the Resolution and 1) find that the Zoning Administrator has considered the Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO) as described by Section §15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, 2) make all of the required findings for approval of the Special Permits and 3) approve the Cedar Farm West, LLC Special Permits as recommended by staff subject to the recommended conditions.