File #: 24-1544    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 10/31/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/7/2024 Final action:
Title: Marcas Land Co., Inc., Conditional Use Permit Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 317-033-008-000 Record No.: PLN-11099-CUP Pilot Ridge/Showers Pass area A Conditional Use Permit 19,595 square feet (sf) of pre-existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation and 1,142 sf of ancillary nursery area. Processing, including drying and trimming occurs in an existing building on-site. Water for irrigation is sourced from two permitted groundwater wells. The applicant estimates 577,500 gallons of water used for irrigation per year. Off-grid power is supplied by one generator and proposed solar arrays. The project is proposed to be conditioned to transition to 100 percent on-site renewable energy by January 1, 2026.
Attachments: 1. 11099 Staff Report 11.07.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B- Operations Plan 1.19.21 new '24, 5. Attachment 1C- Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - SMP & MRP, 10. Attachment 4B - LSAA, 11. Attachment 4C - Less than 3 acre conversion, 12. Attachment 4D - Riparian and Stream Assessment, 13. Attachment 4E - Environmental Superiority Plan_updated, 14. Attachment 4F - Well Reports, 15. Attachment 4G - Water RIght H501532, 16. Attachment 4H - Road Evaluation Report, 17. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 18. Attachment 5A - Referral_DEH, 19. Attachment 5B - Referral_Public Works, 20. Attachment 5C - Referral_CDFW, 21. Attachment 5D - Referral_CALFIRE, 22. Attachment 6 - Watershed Map
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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Marcas Land Co., Inc., Conditional Use Permit
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 317-033-008-000
Record No.: PLN-11099-CUP
Pilot Ridge/Showers Pass area

A Conditional Use Permit 19,595 square feet (sf) of pre-existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation and 1,142 sf of ancillary nursery area. Processing, including drying and trimming occurs in an existing building on-site. Water for irrigation is sourced from two permitted groundwater wells. The applicant estimates 577,500 gallons of water used for irrigation per year. Off-grid power is supplied by one generator and proposed solar arrays. The project is proposed to be conditioned to transition to 100 percent on-site renewable energy by January 1, 2026.
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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 the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigative Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Marcas Land Company, Inc. project); and
b. Finds 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 located in in the Pilot Ridge area, on the north side of Stapp Road, approximately 5 miles from the intersection of Showers Pass Road and Stapp Road, on the property known to be in Section 26 of Township 03 E, Range 04 E, Humboldt Base & Meridian.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Timber (T), Slope Stability: High Instability (3).

Present Zoning: Timber Production Zone (TPZ).

Environmental Review: An Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for consideration per Section...

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