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File #: 22-1491    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: Buck Mountain Gardens, LLC, Special Permit Denial Application Number PLN-2020-16826 Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 210-142-005-000 Dinsmore area A Special Permit 10,000 sf of new outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Water for irrigation is sourced from a 250,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. Projected annual water usage totals 88,000 gallons and there is 10,600 gallons of hard tank water storage onsite. Drying and curing will occur on site and trimming will occur offsite at a licensed third-party processing facility. A portable generator is proposed to be used to power small hand tools.
Sponsors: Trip Giannini
Attachments: 1. 16826 Buck Mountain Gardens Denial Staff Report 11.03.22, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Cultivation and Operations Plan, 4. Attachment 1B - Site Plan, 5. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 6. Attachment 3 - Resolution 18-43, 7. Attachment 4 - Deficiency Letter Regarding Watershed, 8. Attachment 5 - Public Comment
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Buck Mountain Gardens, LLC, Special Permit Denial
Application Number PLN-2020-16826
Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 210-142-005-000
Dinsmore area

A Special Permit 10,000 sf of new outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Water for irrigation is sourced from a 250,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. Projected annual water usage totals 88,000 gallons and there is 10,600 gallons of hard tank water storage onsite. Drying and curing will occur on site and trimming will occur offsite at a licensed third-party processing facility. A portable generator is proposed to be used to power small hand tools.
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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. Find Buck Mountain Gardens, LLC, statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per section 15270 (Projects Which Are Disapproved) of the CEQA Guidelines.
b. Find the applicant has not provided sufficient evidence necessary to make the required findings for approval
c. Deny the Buck Mountain Gardens, LLC, Special Permit.

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: This project is located in Humboldt County, in the Mad River area, on the east side of Burr Valley Road, approximately 1.14 miles north from the intersection of the southeastern terminus of Burr Valley Road and a Swayback Road, on the property known to be in the northwestern and southwestern quarters of the northwestern quarter, and the northwestern quarter of the southwestern quarter of Section 36 of Township 01 North, Range 05 East, Humboldt Base & Meridian.

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