File #: 20-160    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 1/31/2020 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 2/6/2020 Final action:
Title: Benbow Valley Farm Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Record Number: PLN-11421-CUP Assessor's Parcel Number (APN): 033-170-013 Benbow area Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit for 11,430 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation contained within greenhouses. There is one 1,300-square-foot greenhouse that will be used for propagation. Water diverted for irrigation is stored in a 750,000-gallon offstream pond. Processing including drying, curing, and trimming occur onsite in an existing structure. No employees are required to meet operational needs. Electricity is sourced from a generator. The project includes a Special Permit for development within the Streamside Management Area (SMA) that would allow for use of a point of diversion in an unnamed water course that is a tributary to Milk Ranch Creek that is used for irrigation.
Attachments: 1. PLN-11421-CUP Staff Report.pdf, 2. Attachment 4A 11421 WRPP.pdf

Title

Benbow Valley Farm Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit

Record Number: PLN-11421-CUP

Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 033-170-013

Benbow area

 

Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit for 11,430 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation contained within greenhouses. There is one 1,300-square-foot greenhouse that will be used for propagation. Water diverted for irrigation is stored in a 750,000-gallon offstream pond. Processing including drying, curing, and trimming occur onsite in an existing structure. No employees are required to meet operational needs. Electricity is sourced from a generator. The project includes a Special Permit for development within the Streamside Management Area (SMA) that would allow for use of a point of diversion in an unnamed water course that is a tributary to Milk Ranch Creek that is used for irrigation.

Recommendation

Find that the Planning Commission has considered the Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Land Use Ordinance (CCMLUO) as described by Section 15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, make all of the required findings for approval of the Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit based on evidence in the staff report and approve the proposed Benbow Valley Farms project subject to the recommended conditions.