File #: 21-188    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Passed
File created: 2/4/2021 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 3/9/2021 Final action: 3/9/2021
Title: Appeal of the Planning Commission Actions to Approve the Rolling Meadow Ranch, LLC, Conditional Use Permits and to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 Greenleaf - Rolling Meadow BOS Appeal Resolution.CoCo.pdf, 3. Attachment 2 16987 Notice of Appeal 02.02.2021.pdf, 4. Attachment 3 PC Resolution 21-11_Rolling Meadow Ranch_12529.pdf, 5. Attachment 4 PC Staff Report 1.21.2021 final.pdf, 6. Attachment 4B PC Staff Report Public Comments.pdf, 7. Attachment 5A - 12529 Rolling Meadow Ranch ISMND 11252020.pdf, 8. Attachment 5B - Final_October_Appendixes I toN_RMR_ISMND.pdf, 9. Attachment 5C - Final_October_AppendixesAtoH_RMR_ISMND (1).pdf, 10. Attachment 6 12529 Project Site Plans.pdf, 11. Attachment 7 - Comparison Maps of Cannabis on other large ranches.pdf, 12. Attachment 8 - Golden Eagle Survey .pdf, 13. Attachment 9 - Public Comment.pdf, 14. 10 - Applicant Letter re Addional project components_Feb 2021.pdf, 15. Public Comment COB, 16. Public Comment.pdf, 17. Resolution 21-26.pdf

To: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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Appeal of the Planning Commission Actions to Approve the Rolling Meadow Ranch, LLC, Conditional Use Permits and to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open the public hearing and receive the staff report, testimony by the appellant, applicant, and public;
2. Close the public hearing;
3. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 21-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Adopts the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, State Clearinghouse No. 2020070339, with substitute mitigation measure Bio-16;
b. Makes the findings required to deny the appeal and approve the Conditional Use Permits;
c. Denies the Appeal;
d. Adopts the mitigation monitoring and reporting plan; and
e. Approves the Conditional Use Permits subject to the conditions of approval (Attachment 1A);
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board to give notice of the decision to the appellant, the project applicant, the property owner, the Planning and Building Department, and any other interested party; and
5. Direct the Planning and Building Department to file a Notice of Determination with the Humboldt County Recorder's Office, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The appellant has paid the appeal fee associated with filing this appeal.

DISCUSSION:

Executive Summary
This is an appeal of the Humboldt County Planning Commission's Jan. 21, 2021, approval of the Rolling Meadow Ranch, LLC, Conditional Use Permit applications to allow for the operation of 5.73 acres of mixed light cultivation and processing facilities located in four distinct cultivation areas in up to 16 greenhouses, in accordance with the county's Commercial Medical Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO, "Ord. 1.0"). Processing, including drying, curing, and trimming, will take pl...

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