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File #: 23-1406    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 10/11/2023 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 10/19/2023 Final action:
Title: Stay Humboldt, LLC. Conditional Use Permit Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 522-021-010-000 Record Number: PLN-11491-CUP Willow Creek area. A Conditional Use Permit for 42,000 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Ancillary propagation will occur in existing greenhouses used for cultivation. Estimated annual irrigation water usage is 520,000 gallons and sourced from an existing groundwater well and rainwater catchment is proposed. There are 20,000 gallons of existing water tank storage and a 1,000,000-gallon pond is proposed. Drying and trimming is proposed to occur in a portion of the existing residence that will be converted to commercial uses. Power is provided by a generator and solar is proposed. The project includes onsite relocation and restoration of cultivation areas.
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 11491 Staff Report 10.19.23, 2. Attachment 1 - 11491 Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4A - Timber Conversion Report 12.16.2019, 9. Attachment 4B - Well Report, 10. Attachment 4C - WRPP, 11. Attachment 4D - Soils Report, 12. Attachment 4E - LSAA Notification, 13. Attachment 4F - Regeneration Plan, 14. Attachment 4G - Road Evaluation, 15. Attachment 4H- Supply Creek Ambient Water Grab Sampling Results, 16. Attachment 4I - Supply Creek Cumulative Impact Assessment, 17. Attachment 4J - Supply Creek Surface Water Supply Study, 18. Attachment 4K - Bio_Assessment, 19. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 20. Attachment 5A - Public Works Referral, 21. Attachment 5B - CDFW Referral, 22. Attachment 5C - Department of Environmental Health Referral, 23. Attachment 6 - Watershed Map, 24. PC Resolution 23-092_Stay Humboldt_11491
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
title
Stay Humboldt, LLC. Conditional Use Permit
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 522-021-010-000
Record Number: PLN-11491-CUP
Willow Creek area.

A Conditional Use Permit for 42,000 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Ancillary propagation will occur in existing greenhouses used for cultivation. Estimated annual irrigation water usage is 520,000 gallons and sourced from an existing groundwater well and rainwater catchment is proposed. There are 20,000 gallons of existing water tank storage and a 1,000,000-gallon pond is proposed. Drying and trimming is proposed to occur in a portion of the existing residence that will be converted to commercial uses. Power is provided by a generator and solar is proposed. The project includes onsite relocation and restoration of cultivation areas.
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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 Stay Humboldt 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, on the South side of Bair Road, approximately 6 miles East from the intersection of Stove Road and Bair Road, and approximately .5 miles from the intersection of Bair Road and a Private Drive on the property known to be in Section 18 of Township 07 North, Range 04 East, Humboldt Base & Meridian.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Timberland (T) Density: 40-160 acres per dw...

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