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File #: 23-1405    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 10/11/2023 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 10/19/2023 Final action:
Title: Aloha Top Shelf. Conditional Use Permit Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 522-026-007-000 Record Number: PLN-11167-CUP Willow Creek area. A Conditional Use Permit for 35,000 square feet of outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation, with 3,450 square feet of ancillary propagation. Annual water usage is estimated at 190,000 gallons and sourced from a groundwater well. There is17,000 gallons of existing water storage on-site with an additional 78,000 gallons of storage recommended by staff. Drying occurs within two 320 square foot storage containers with a proposed 2,400 square foot new building for drying. Trimming will occur off-site at a licensed processing facility. Power is provided by solar, and no generators are used. The proposal includes restoration of previous cultivation areas.
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 11167 Staff Report 10.19.23, 2. Attachment 1 - 11167 Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - 11167 Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - 11167 Operations Plan and Addendum, 5. Attachment 1C - 11167 Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - 11167 CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4A - 11167 Less Than 3 Acre Conversion, 9. Attachment 4B - 11167 Well Report, 10. Attachment 4C - 11167 WRPP, 11. Attachment 4D - 11167 Road Evaluation Report, 12. Attachment 4E - 11167 Notification LSAA, 13. Attachment 4F - 11167 Remediation Plan, 14. Attachment 4G - 11167 No LSA Letter, 15. Attachment 4H - Supply Creek Ambient Water Grab Sampling Results, 16. Attachment 4I - Supply Creek Cumulative Impact Assessment, 17. Attachment 4J - Supply Creek Surface Water Supply Study, 18. Attachment 4K - 11167 Biological Report, 19. Attachment 4L - Well Completion-North Well, 20. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 21. Attachment 5A - Public Works Referral, 22. Attachment 5B - CDFW Referral, 23. Attachment 5C - Environmental Health Referral, 24. Attachment 6 - Watershed Map, 25. PC Resolution 23-091_Aloha Top Shelf_11167
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
title
Aloha Top Shelf. Conditional Use Permit
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 522-026-007-000
Record Number: PLN-11167-CUP
Willow Creek area.

A Conditional Use Permit for 35,000 square feet of outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation, with 3,450 square feet of ancillary propagation. Annual water usage is estimated at 190,000 gallons and sourced from a groundwater well. There is17,000 gallons of existing water storage on-site with an additional 78,000 gallons of storage recommended by staff. Drying occurs within two 320 square foot storage containers with a proposed 2,400 square foot new building for drying. Trimming will occur off-site at a licensed processing facility. Power is provided by solar, and no generators are used. The proposal includes restoration of previous cultivation areas.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

1. Adopt 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 Aloha Top Shelf LLC. project; and

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

c. Approves the Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachment 1A)

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is in Humboldt County, in the Willow Creek area, on the east side of Cloud Crossing Road, approximately 3.07 miles north from the intersection of Old Three Creeks Road and Cloud Crossing Road, on the property known as 3077 Cloud Crossing Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Timberland (T) Density: 40-160 acres per dwelling unit, Slope Stability: Moderate instability (2)

Present Zoning:
Timberland Production Zone (TPZ)

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