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File #: 24-90    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: New Business
File created: 1/9/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 1/18/2024 Final action:
Title: Ghost Ship Investments, LLC, Conditional Use Permit Assessor Parcel Number: 316-071-004 Record No.: PLN-11281-CUP 33818 State Highway 299, Korbel area A Conditional Use Permit for 25,758 square feet of outdoor cultivation and 21,942 square feet of mixed-light cultivation for a total of 47,700 square feet of pre-existing cannabis cultivation. The site includes 4,777 square feet of propagation area in three nursery hoop houses. All water for cultivation is sourced from a permitted, groundwater well. Existing available water storage is 147,000 gallons in a series of hard-sided tanks. Estimated average annual water usage is believed to be 346,500 gallons however as much as 480,000 gallons may be utilized depending on circumstances. Drying and curing occurs onsite in an existing multi-use shed, with all other processing occurring offsite at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Power is provided by five (5) generators, with PG&E utilized for the water pump. The project is con...
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 11281 PC Staff Report 1.18.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Cultivation Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Additional Project Information, 6. Attachment 1D - Addendum to Cultivation Operation Plan, 7. Attachment 1E - Site Plan, 8. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 9. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 10. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings, 11. Attachment 4A - Final Streambed Alteration Agreement, 12. Attachment 4B - Amended Final Streambed Alteration Agreement, 13. Attachment 4C - Erosion Remediation Memorandum, 14. Attachment 4D - Notice of Intent, 15. Attachment 4E - Site Management Plan, 16. Attachment 4F - Hydrological Well Report, 17. Attachment 4G - Encroachment Permit, 18. Attachment 4H - Well Log and Completion Report, 19. Attachment 4I - LSAA Completion Report, 20. Attachment 4J - No LSAA needed, 21. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments & Recommendations, 22. Attachment 5A - DEH Response, 23. Attachment 5B - Public Works, Land Use Division Response, 24. Attachment 5C - CAL FIRE Response, 25. Attachment 5D - CAL TRANS, 26. Attachment 5E - Northern Humboldt Union School Dist., 27. Attachment 5F - CDFW, 28. PC Resolution 24-003_Ghost Ship Invetments_11281
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Ghost Ship Investments, LLC, Conditional Use Permit
Assessor Parcel Number: 316-071-004
Record No.: PLN-11281-CUP
33818 State Highway 299, Korbel area

A Conditional Use Permit for 25,758 square feet of outdoor cultivation and 21,942 square feet of mixed-light cultivation for a total of 47,700 square feet of pre-existing cannabis cultivation. The site includes 4,777 square feet of propagation area in three nursery hoop houses. All water for cultivation is sourced from a permitted, groundwater well. Existing available water storage is 147,000 gallons in a series of hard-sided tanks. Estimated average annual water usage is believed to be 346,500 gallons however as much as 480,000 gallons may be utilized depending on circumstances. Drying and curing occurs onsite in an existing multi-use shed, with all other processing occurring offsite at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Power is provided by five (5) generators, with PG&E utilized for the water pump. The project is conditioned to transition to PG&E or on-site renewable energy by January 1, 2026. A setback reduction from public lands is requested to allow for the existing cultivation area on the south to be less than 600 feet from public lands (570 feet).
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 24-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:

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