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File #: 25-1304    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 10/29/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/6/2025 Final action:
Title: Finmark Farms, LLC Conditional Use Permit Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 218-091-004 Record Numbers: PLN-13359-CUP New Harris Area A Conditional Use Permit for 6,550 square feet of existing mixed light and 19,450 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation with no separate ancillary nursery. Estimated annual water usage is 291,900 gallons sourced from a rainwater catchment pond. The pond is also shared with both applications 13295 and 13351 on APN 218-091-006 and 218-101-002 respectively. Total tank storage on site for the project is 60,000 gallons and the pond is estimated to have a capacity of approximately 2,155,000 gallons. Drying occurs onsite with additional processing occurring offsite. Power will be provided by PGE.
Attachments: 1. 13359 Staff Report 11.06.25, 2. Attachment 1 - 13359 Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - 13359 Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - 13359 Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - 13359 Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - 13359 Location Map, 7. Attachment 3 - 13359 CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - 13359 Applicant's Evidence in Support of Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - 13359 Water Analysis, 10. Attachment 4B - 13359 Notice of Applicability, 11. Attachment 4C - 13359 Site Management Plan, 12. Attachment 4D - 13359 Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement, 13. Attachment 5A to 5C - 13359 Referral Agency Comments, 14. Attachment 6 - 13359 Watershed Map
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Finmark Farms, LLC Conditional Use Permit
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 218-091-004
Record Numbers: PLN-13359-CUP
New Harris Area

A Conditional Use Permit for 6,550 square feet of existing mixed light and 19,450 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation with no separate ancillary nursery. Estimated annual water usage is 291,900 gallons sourced from a rainwater catchment pond. The pond is also shared with both applications 13295 and 13351 on APN 218-091-006 and 218-101-002 respectively. Total tank storage on site for the project is 60,000 gallons and the pond is estimated to have a capacity of approximately 2,155,000 gallons. Drying occurs onsite with additional processing occurring offsite. Power will be provided by PGE.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the resolution, (Attachments 1) which does the following:

a. Finds the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Finmark Farms, LLC project (Attachment 3); and

b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and

c. Approves the Finmark Farms, LLC Conditional Use Permit subject to the conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: This project is in the New Harris Area on the North and South side of Island Mountain Road, approximately 570 feet East from the intersection of Island Mountain Road and Hog Trap Road, on the property known as 2534 Island Mountain Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Residential Agriculture (RA); 2017 General Plan; Density: 40 acres per unit; Slope Stability: High Instability (3).

Present Zoning: Forestry Recreation (FR); Special Building Site (B-5(40)).

Environmental Review: An Add...

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