File #: 25-191    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/23/2025 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 2/6/2025 Final action:
Title: Vesuvio Gardens, LLC. Special Permit Assessor Parcel Number 220-141-009-000 and 220-141-010-000 Record No.: PLN-12605-SP Whitethorn Area A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation and 1,000 square feet of ancillary propagation. Estimated annual water use is 100,000 gallons sourced from a spring diversion on APN 220-141-009 and a rooftop rain catchment system on APN 220-141-010. Irrigation water is stored in tanks totaling 104,000 gallons across the two parcels. A permitted septic is on site for operators and staff. Processing, including trimming, will occur off site. Electricity is provided by a solar array and PGE with a generator for emergency backup only.
Attachments: 1. 12605 Staff Report 2.6.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Cultivation Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant’s Evidence in Support of the Required Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement, 10. Attachment 4B - Initial Statement of Diversion 06.15.2021, 11. Attachment 4C.i - Timberland Conversion - Restocking Plan 4.10.2023, 12. Attachment 4C.ii - Timber Conversion Calculations, 13. Attachment 4C.iii - Timber Conversion Images, 14. Attachment 4C.iv - Timberland Conversion Evaluation Report (220-141-009), 15. Attachment 4D - Road Evaluation, 16. Attachment 4E - Access Easements Diagrams, 17. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 18. 12605 Vesuvio Gardens Supplemental 1, 19. 12605 Vesuvio Gardens Supplemental 2, 20. ZA Resolution 25-001_Vesuvio Gardens_12605
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Vesuvio Gardens, LLC. Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Number 220-141-009-000 and 220-141-010-000
Record No.: PLN-12605-SP
Whitethorn Area

A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation and 1,000 square feet of ancillary propagation. Estimated annual water use is 100,000 gallons sourced from a spring diversion on APN 220-141-009 and a rooftop rain catchment system on APN 220-141-010. Irrigation water is stored in tanks totaling 104,000 gallons across the two parcels. A permitted septic is on site for operators and staff. Processing, including trimming, will occur off site. Electricity is provided by a solar array and PGE with a generator for emergency backup only.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt resolution (Resolution 25-__), which does the following:

a. Finds the Zoning Administrator has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum prepared for the Vesuvio Gardens, LLC's project; and

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

c. Approves the Vesuvio Garden, LLC Special Permit subject to the conditions of approval.

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The Whitethorn area, on the west side of Briceland Thorn Rd, approximately 5.75 miles W then NNE from the intersection of Briceland Thorn Rd and Shelter Cove/ Huckleberry Ln, on the property known to be in Township 04S of Range 02E Section 31 Humboldt Base & Meridian.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Residential Agriculture (RA-40), 2017 General Plan; Density: 40 acres per unit; Slope Stability: Moderate Instability (2).

Present Zoning:
Unclassified (U).

Environmental Review:
An Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepa...

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