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File #: 25-661    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Passed
File created: 5/7/2025 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 5/15/2025 Final action: 5/15/2025
Title: Terrapin Farms Special Permit Modification Assessor Parcel Numbers: 529-036-011 Record Number: PLN-2025-19195 Orleans area A Modification to an approved Special Permit (PLN-12136-SP) to allow for a microbusiness. The approved Special Permit was for an existing commercial cannabis operation consisting of 6,500 square feet of outdoor cultivation. The Modification to the approved project is to add manufacturing, distribution, and processing as well as to allow hoophouses to cover existing garden beds. Proposed manufacturing activities include extraction utilizing ice water. No use of solvents is proposed.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution.pdf, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval.pdf, 4. Attachment 1B 19195 Cultivation and Operations Plan revised 3.20.2025.pdf, 5. Attachment 1C site plan 9-18-24.pdf, 6. Attachment 2 SP 18-093 Staff Report 12136.pdf, 7. Attachment 2A 12136 Approved Site Plan 7.20.22.pdf, 8. Attachment 3 ZA Resolution SP 18-093 12136.pdf, 9. Attachment 4 - Referral Agency Comments and Recomendations.pdf, 10. ZA Resolution 25-043_Terrapin Farms_19195

To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Terrapin Farms Special Permit Modification
Assessor Parcel Numbers: 529-036-011
Record Number: PLN-2025-19195
Orleans area

A Modification to an approved Special Permit (PLN-12136-SP) to allow for a microbusiness. The approved Special Permit was for an existing commercial cannabis operation consisting of 6,500 square feet of outdoor cultivation. The Modification to the approved project is to add manufacturing, distribution, and processing as well as to allow hoophouses to cover existing garden beds. Proposed manufacturing activities include extraction utilizing ice water. No use of solvents is proposed.

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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 25-__) (Attachment 1), which does the following:
2. Finds project exempt from environmental review pursuant to section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines; and
3. Finds the proposed project Modification complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
4. Approves Special Permit Modification subject to the conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in the Orleans area, on the north side of Bark Shanty Road,
approximately 0 .08 miles northeast from the intersection of a private drive and Bark Shanty Road,
0.2 miles northwest from the intersection of Bark Shanty Road and lshi Pishi Road, approximately
4.5 miles north from the intersection of lshi Pishi Road and Hwy 96, on the property known as 221 Bark Shanty Road, Orleans.

Present Plan Land Use Designations: Residential Agriculture (RA), Humboldt County General Plan, Density: 5 to 20 acres per dwelling unit, Slope Stability: Moderate Instability (2).

Present Zoning: Unclassified (U)

Environmental Review: The project is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section: 15301 - Existing Facilities.

State Appeal Status: Project is l...

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