File #: 23-1473    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/25/2023 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/2/2023 Final action: 11/2/2023
Title: Emerald Mountain Coast LLC, Conditional Use Permit Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 522-021-009-000 Record No.: PLN-11291-CUP 4054 Cloud Crossing Rd. Blue Lake, CA 95525 A Conditional Use Permit for 18,050 square feet of mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation supported by an 1,805 square foot ancillary nursery. Estimated annual irrigation water usage is 180,500 gallons and is sourced from a groundwater well and proposed rainwater catchment. Water storage consists of 51,400 gallons in tanks and a proposed 500,000-gallon rain catchment pond. Drying and curing will occur onsite and additional processing such as trimming will occur offsite. Power is provided by a generator and applicant proposes transition to renewable. The proposal includes onsite relocation and restoration.
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 11291 Staff Report 11.02.23, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Cultivation Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - Less than 3-acre conversion, 10. Attachment 4B - Well Completion Report - south well, 11. Attachment 4C - Final Streambed Alteration Agreement with CDFW, 12. Attachment 4D - Water Resources Protection Plan, 13. Attachment 4E - Well Completion Report, 14. Attachment 4F - Road Evaluation Report Form, 15. Attachment 4G - Supply Creek Ambient Water Grab Sampling Results, 16. Attachment 4H - Supply Creek Cumulative Impact Assessment, 17. Attachment 4I - Supply Creek Surface Water Supply Study, 18. Attachment 4J - Biological Assessment, 19. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 20. Attachment 5A - Humboldt County Public Works, 21. Attachment 5B - CDFW CEQA, 22. Attachment 5C - Humboldt County Environmental Health, 23. Attachment 6 - 11291 Watershed Map
Previous Action/Referral: 23-1401
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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Emerald Mountain Coast LLC, Conditional Use Permit
Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 522-021-009-000
Record No.: PLN-11291-CUP
4054 Cloud Crossing Rd. Blue Lake, CA 95525

A Conditional Use Permit for 18,050 square feet of mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation supported by an 1,805 square foot ancillary nursery. Estimated annual irrigation water usage is 180,500 gallons and is sourced from a groundwater well and proposed rainwater catchment. Water storage consists of 51,400 gallons in tanks and a proposed 500,000-gallon rain catchment pond. Drying and curing will occur onsite and additional processing such as trimming will occur offsite. Power is provided by a generator and applicant proposes transition to renewable. The proposal includes onsite relocation and restoration.
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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 Emerald Mountain Coast 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, at the terminus of Cloud Crossing Road, approximately 4.05 miles north from the intersection of Old Three Creeks Road and Cloud Crossing Road, on the property known as 4054 Cloud Crossing Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Timberland (T); 2017 General Plan; Density: 40-160 acres per unit; Slope Stability: Moderate Instability (2)

Present Zoning: Timber Production Zone (TPZ)

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