To: Planning Commission
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Lost Creek Farms, LLC; Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit
Record Number: PLN-10820-CUP (filed 08/04/2016)
Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 211-184-006
Honeydew area
A Conditional Use Permit for 10,800 square feet of existing, mixed-light, and 1,000 square feet of existing, outdoor, cannabis cultivation. Annual water usage is estimated to be 110,000 gallons/ year (9.3gal/sf). Water for irrigation is sourced from an existing, onsite, permitted groundwater well, which is likely hydrologically disconnected from surface water per analysis from a registered geologist. Water is stored in a bladder (20,000 gallons), and hard tanks (12,500 gallons) for a total of 32,500 gallons. Processing, including drying and trimming, occurs on-site in an existing pagoda. The applicant states that three seasonal employees are needed for operations. Electricity is sourced from a combination of generator and solar power and the project is recommended to be conditioned to transition more completely to solar power by January 1, 2026. A Special Permit is required to reduce the setback to public lands, Bureau of Land Management and State of California, respectively.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the 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 prepared for the Lost Creek Farms, LLC project); and
b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: Project is located in unincorporated Humboldt County, in the Honeydew area, in the northeast qu...
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