File #: 24-1588    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 11/13/2024 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 11/21/2024 Final action:
Title: Greenfield Family Farms Assessor Parcel Number(s) (APN) 216-392-024, 216-392-025, 216-392-027 Record No.: PLN-11326-CUP Alderpoint area Denial of a Conditional Use Permit for an existing 21,500 square foot outdoor cannabis cultivation operation in greenhouses and full-sun outdoor. This project is associated with two projects on adjacent parcels (Apps# 11325, APN: 216-392-025 and Apps #11327, APN: 216-392-027) and together they comprise Greenfield Family Farms, Inc. Irrigation water is sourced from a well located on APN 216-392-024. Total onsite water storage is 25,000 gallons in five hard tanks. Drying occurs on APN: 216-392-027 in a non-permitted dry shed and additional processing will occur offsite by a 3rd party processing company. Power for the operation is provided by generator.
Attachments: 1. 11326 Staff Report 11.21.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 2A - Location Maps (11326), 4. Attachment 2B - Location Maps (11325), 5. Attachment 2C - Location Maps (11327), 6. Attachment 3 - Planning Department Correspondence
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Greenfield Family Farms
Assessor Parcel Number(s) (APN) 216-392-024, 216-392-025, 216-392-027
Record No.: PLN-11326-CUP
Alderpoint area

Denial of a Conditional Use Permit for an existing 21,500 square foot outdoor cannabis cultivation operation in greenhouses and full-sun outdoor. This project is associated with two projects on adjacent parcels (Apps# 11325, APN: 216-392-025 and Apps #11327, APN: 216-392-027) and together they comprise Greenfield Family Farms, Inc. Irrigation water is sourced from a well located on APN 216-392-024. Total onsite water storage is 25,000 gallons in five hard tanks. Drying occurs on APN: 216-392-027 in a non-permitted dry shed and additional processing will occur offsite by a 3rd party processing company. Power for the operation is provided by generator.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 24-__), (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the Greenfield Family Farms project statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per section 15270 (Projects Which Are Disapproved) of the State CEQA Guidelines; and
b. Finds that the applicant has not provided sufficient evidence necessary to make the required findings of approval; and
c. Denies the Greenfield Family Farms Conditional Use Permit (PLN-11326-CUP).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in Humboldt County, in the Alderpoint area, on the East side of Center Road, approximately .42 miles South from the intersection of Center Road and Lakeview Road, on the property known as 5165 Rancho Sequoia Drive.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Residential Agriculture (RA5-20), 2017 General Plan, Density: 5-20 acres per unit, Slope Stability: Moderate Instability (2)

Present Zoning: Forestry Recreation, Minimum Building Site Area 10 acres

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