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File #: 24-91    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Passed
File created: 1/9/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 1/18/2024 Final action: 1/18/2024
Title: Organic Humboldt, LLC. Conditional Use Permit Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 214-233-002-000 Record Numbers: PLN-12312-CUP Redway area A Conditional Use Permit request for 37,428 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor and 22,000 SF of existing mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation, for a total of 59,428 SF of commercial cannabis cultivation. Irrigation water is sourced from two permitted groundwater wells. Existing water storage is 162,000 gallons in hard tanks. The estimated annual irrigation water need is 261,900 gallons. Plants are delivered to the site as no propagation occurs on-site. Drying and processing will occur onsite in existing facilities. Power is provided by a generator and a recommended condition of approval will be to require electricity to be sourced from renewable sources by January 1, 2026.
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 12312 PC Staff Report 1.18.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B- Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C- Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - 12312 CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings 12312, 9. Attachment 4A - Well Assessment - 002739, 10. Attachment 4B - Well Assessment - 010668, 11. Attachment 4C - LSAA Notif and Operation of Law_, 12. Attachment 4D- WRPP, 13. Attachment 4E - Justification for Onsite Relocation 04.25.19, 14. Attachment 4F - Road Evaluation, 15. Attachment 4G - 12312 ISO Water Diversion, 16. Attachment 4H - Original CAV, 17. Attachment 4I - Applicant's CAV Response, 18. Attachment 4J - Revised CAV 10.02.19, 19. Attachment 4k - County Cultivation Area Verification Calculation Correction 12.27.2023, 20. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 21. Attachment 5A - California Department of Fish and Wildlife, 22. Attachment 5B - Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health, 23. Attachment 5C - California Division of Water Rights, 24. PC Resolution 24-001_Organic Humboldt_12312
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Organic Humboldt, LLC. Conditional Use Permit
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 214-233-002-000
Record Numbers: PLN-12312-CUP
Redway area

A Conditional Use Permit request for 37,428 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor and 22,000 SF of existing mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation, for a total of 59,428 SF of commercial cannabis cultivation. Irrigation water is sourced from two permitted groundwater wells. Existing water storage is 162,000 gallons in hard tanks. The estimated annual irrigation water need is 261,900 gallons. Plants are delivered to the site as no propagation occurs on-site. Drying and processing will occur onsite in existing facilities. Power is provided by a generator and a recommended condition of approval will be to require electricity to be sourced from renewable sources by January 1, 2026.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

1. Adopt resolutions (Resolution 24-__) (Attachments 1) which does the following:

a. Finds that the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Organic Humboldt, LLC project (Attachment 3); and

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

c. Approves the Organic Humboldt, LLC Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is in the Redway area, on the east side of Wood Ranch Road, approximately 3.4 miles north from the intersection of Eel River Camp Road and Wood Ranch Road, then north on a private road for approximately 1.25 miles, on the property known as 1520 Wood Ranch Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Timberland (T) Density: 40-60 acres per dwelling unit, Slope Stabi...

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