File #: 23-603    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 4/25/2023 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 5/4/2023 Final action:
Title: Natures Jar, Inc. Special Permits Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 095-201-005 & 095-041-013 Record No.: PLN-11494-SP Weott area A Special Permit for 7,914 square feet (sf) of outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation with 790 sf ancillary propagation and a Special Permit to request a setback reduction from public lands due to proximity to Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The applicant will conduct light-deprivation techniques without the use of supplemental lights, and two (2) harvests are anticipated per year. Historic cultivation areas were retired and relocated to a more environmentally suitable location on-site. The estimated annual water use is 72,750 gallons (8.4 gal/sf/yr). Water for irrigation is sourced from a permitted well, a point of diversion, and 7,000 gallons of rain catchment water tanks. Total existing water storage designated for irrigation is 19,700 gallons in hard tanks, and an additional 50,000 gallons is proposed for additional rain catchment storage tanks. Tot...
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 11494 Natures Jar PC Staff Report 5.4.23, 2. Attachment 1 - Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - 11494 Cultivation & Operations Plan 4.6.2023, 5. Attachment 1C - 11494 Site Plan 4.4.2023, 6. Attachment 2 - 11494 Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - 11494 NOA 1.13.2021, 10. Attachment 4B - 11494 Well Assessment Report 12.9.22, 11. Attachment 4C - 11494 LSAA 10.28.2021, 12. Attachment 4D - 11494 Less-than-3-acre conversion exemption, 13. Attachment 4E - 11494 Calfire Inspection letter, 14. Attachment 4F - 11494-WRPP, 15. Attachment 4G - 11494 Claimed Water Right S028521, 16. Attachment 4H - 11494 SIUR 1.13.2021, 17. Attachment 4I - 11494 Restoration Plan 11.9.2021, 18. Attachment 4J - 11494 Road Evaluation Report Forms, 19. Attachment 4K - 11494 Cultivation Area Verification, 20. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 21. Attachment 5A - 11494_ref_Building Inspection, 22. Attachment 5B - 11494_ref_Environmental Health, 23. Attachment 5C - 11494_ref_Public Works, 24. Attachment 5D - 11494-ref-CalFire, 25. Attachment 5E - 11494_ref_Division of Water Rights, 26. Attachment 6 - Watershed map
Previous Action/Referral: 23-537
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
title
Natures Jar, Inc. Special Permits
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 095-201-005 & 095-041-013
Record No.: PLN-11494-SP
Weott area

A Special Permit for 7,914 square feet (sf) of outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation with 790 sf ancillary propagation and a Special Permit to request a setback reduction from public lands due to proximity to Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The applicant will conduct light-deprivation techniques without the use of supplemental lights, and two (2) harvests are anticipated per year. Historic cultivation areas were retired and relocated to a more environmentally suitable location on-site. The estimated annual water use is 72,750 gallons (8.4 gal/sf/yr). Water for irrigation is sourced from a permitted well, a point of diversion, and 7,000 gallons of rain catchment water tanks. Total existing water storage designated for irrigation is 19,700 gallons in hard tanks, and an additional 50,000 gallons is proposed for additional rain catchment storage tanks. Total future water storage would be 69,700 gallons. Drying and curing will take place in storage containers on-site, and trimming will occur off-site at a licensed processing facility. The applicant will utilize up to two (2) full-time employees. One (1) generator is used for the well pump, and the applicant is proposing to transition to 100% solar power.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 23-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds that the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Natures Jar, LLC project); and
b. Finds that the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Special Permits subject to the rec...

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