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File #: 26-35    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 1/5/2026 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 1/15/2026 Final action:
Title: Conklin Creek Farms Inc Special Permit and Zoning Clearance Certificates Modification Application Number: PLN-2025-19211 Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 105-111-001; 105-042-002; 105-101-006; 105-071-004 Petrolia area A Modification to an approved Special Permit and approved Zoning Clearance Certificates (PLN-2021-17034). The applicant proposes to change the irrigation water source from 2.6-million-gallon rainwater catchment to an existing permitted groundwater well and 50,000 gallons of hard tank storage. No changes are proposed to cultivation square footage or locations, staffing needs or traffic, power source or use, water use, or project operations.
Attachments: 1. 19211 Staff Report 1.15.26, 2. Attachment 1 - DRAFT Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Cultivation and Operations Plan and Addendum, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan - Special Permit Modification, 6. Attachment 2 - 19211 CEQA Addendum, 7. Attachment 3 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings, 8. Attachment 3A - Well Evaluation Technical Memo, 9. Attachment 4 - Referral Agency Comments and Recomendations 10558, 10. Attachment 4A - ref Building 04.10.2025, 11. Attachment 4B - ref DEH, 12. Attachment 4C - ref CDFW Response
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Conklin Creek Farms Inc Special Permit and Zoning Clearance Certificates Modification
Application Number: PLN-2025-19211
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 105-111-001; 105-042-002; 105-101-006; 105-071-004
Petrolia area

A Modification to an approved Special Permit and approved Zoning Clearance Certificates (PLN-2021-17034). The applicant proposes to change the irrigation water source from 2.6-million-gallon rainwater catchment to an existing permitted groundwater well and 50,000 gallons of hard tank storage. No changes are proposed to cultivation square footage or locations, staffing needs or traffic, power source or use, water use, or project operations.
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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 has considered the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration that was prepared for the Conklin Creek Farms Inc Special Permit; and

b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and

c. Approves the Conklin Creek Farms Inc Special Permit and Zoning Clearance Certificates Modification as recommended by staff, subject to the conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: This project is in Humboldt County, in the Petrolia area, on the north side of Conklin Creek Road, approximately 2,200 feet east from the intersection of Conklin Creek Road and Mattole Road, on the property known as 795 Conklin Creek Road and on the property known to be in the northwest and southwest quarters of the northwest quarter of Section 11 of Township 02 South, Range 02 West, Humboldt Base & Meridian.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Agricultural Grazing (AG), Density: Range is 20 to 160 acres per unit, 2017 General Plan, Slope Stability: Low Instability (1) an...

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