File #: 24-1541    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 10/31/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/7/2024 Final action:
Title: Showers Pass LLC Conditional Use Permits and Special Permit Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 317-182-019-000 and 317-182-020-000 Record Numbers.: PLN-10854-CUP Kneeland area Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit for 12,200 square feet (SF) existing outdoor cannabis cultivation and includes 1,400 SF of ancillary nursery and propagation space. A permitted well supplies cultivation water. Water storage of 10,000 gallons occurs in tanks. Annual water budget is approximately 93,000 gallons. Processing is proposed onsite but will utilize offsite processing until an appropriate facility is constructed. Power is provided by generators, the project is conditioned to transition to 100% renewable power by January 1, 2026, with generators reserved for emergencies only. The project includes a special permit for reduced setbacks to public lands.
Attachments: 1. 10854 Staff Report 11.07.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval 10854, 4. Attachment 1B - Cultivation Operations Plan 10854, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - Notice of Applicability 2019, 10. Attachment 4B - Site Management Plan, 11. Attachment 4C - LSA Notification, 12. Attachment 4D - Well Completion Report, 13. Attachment 4E - Timber Conversion Evaluation, 14. Attachment 4F - Restocking Plan, 15. Attachment 4G - Road Evaluation, 16. Attachment 4I - NSO Assessment, 17. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 18. Attachment 5A - CDFW response, 19. Attachment 5B - CalFire Response, 20. Attachment 5C - Humboldt County Department of Environmental Health, 21. Attachment 5D - Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, 22. Attachment 6 - Watershed Map
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
title
Showers Pass LLC Conditional Use Permits and Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 317-182-019-000 and 317-182-020-000
Record Numbers.: PLN-10854-CUP
Kneeland area

Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit for 12,200 square feet (SF) existing outdoor cannabis cultivation and includes 1,400 SF of ancillary nursery and propagation space. A permitted well supplies cultivation water. Water storage of 10,000 gallons occurs in tanks. Annual water budget is approximately 93,000 gallons. Processing is proposed onsite but will utilize offsite processing until an appropriate facility is constructed. Power is provided by generators, the project is conditioned to transition to 100% renewable power by January 1, 2026, with generators reserved for emergencies only. The project includes a special permit for reduced setbacks to public lands.

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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt resolutions (Resolution 24-__) (Attachments 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Showers Pass Farms LLC project (Attachment 3); and
b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Showers Pass Farms LLC Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is in the Kneeland area, on the south side of Stapp Road, approximately 5.5 miles east from the intersection of Showers Pass Road and Stapp Road, on the property known to be in the north half of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 35, Township 03 North, Range 04 East.

Present General Plan Land Use Designatio...

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