To: Planning Commission
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Mystic Mountain Farms, LLC, Conditional Use Permit
Assessor Parcel Number 217-244-008
Record No.: PLN-12018-CUP
Blocksburg area
A Conditional Use Permit for 15,289 square feet (SF) of pre-existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Of which, 6,000 SF will be grown within greenhouses utilizing light deprivation methods and 9,289 SF will be open-air cultivation. Water will be sourced from an existing groundwater well (DEH Permit # 18/19-1171). Annual water usage is estimated to be 124,870 gallons, or 8.2 gallons per square foot. Water storage presently consists of two 20,000 gallon water bladders and ten 5,000 gallon hard sided storage tanks, totaling 90,000 gallons of water storage capacity. The project is conditioned to remove existing water bladders. The project includes ancillary propagation. Drying and trimming will occur on-site within the existing drying structures and proposed commercial processing facility. During peak operations, up to three employees may be hired to conduct cultivation operations. Energy is presently sourced from generators.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the resolution, (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance as well as the Addendum to the MND that was prepared for the Mystic Mountain Farms, LLC project pursuant to Section 15164 of the CEQA guidelines; and
b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Mystic Mountain Farms, LLC Conditional Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachment 1.A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is located in Humboldt County, in the Blocksburg area, on the east and west side of Church Road, app...
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