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File #: 25-899    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/21/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 8/7/2025 Final action: 8/7/2025
Title: Eagles Nest Farm, LLC Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 220-191-027 and 220-191-029 Record No.: PLN-12490-CUP Whitethorn area The applicant is seeking a Conditional Use Permit for 13,350 square feet of existing commercial cannabis cultivation of which 8,830 square feet is outdoor cultivation, and 4,520 square feet is mixed light cultivation. The project will be supported by 1,340 square feet of ancillary propagation space. Water for irrigation is sourced from two existing permitted groundwater wells and a 400,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. The projected annual water usage totals 140,000 gallons and hard tank water storage totals 58,000 gallons. Processing occurs onsite and the applicant may utilize a licensed third-party processing facility. Energy for the project will be sourced from a generator although the applicant is actively pursuing solar power. Once installed, solar will be the primary energy source.
Attachments: 1. 12490 Staff Report 8.7.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Updated Cultivation Operations Plan 10.12.21, 5. Attachment 1C - Updated Site Plan 8.4.21, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum 12490 Eagles Nest 11.4.21, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence, 9. Attachment 4A - Site Management Plan 5.27.21, 10. Attachment 4B - LSAA 05.28.2021, 11. Attachment 4C - Road Evaluation 08.15.19, 12. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 13. Attachment 5A - ref CDFW APNs_ 220-191-027, 14. Attachment 5B - ref DEH 8.20.21, 15. Attachment 5C - ref PW Land Use, 16. Attachment 6 - Watershed Map, 17. Attachment 7 - Public Comment 10.14.21
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Eagles Nest Farm, LLC
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 220-191-027 and 220-191-029
Record No.: PLN-12490-CUP
Whitethorn area

The applicant is seeking a Conditional Use Permit for 13,350 square feet of existing commercial cannabis cultivation of which 8,830 square feet is outdoor cultivation, and 4,520 square feet is mixed light cultivation. The project will be supported by 1,340 square feet of ancillary propagation space. Water for irrigation is sourced from two existing permitted groundwater wells and a 400,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. The projected annual water usage totals 140,000 gallons and hard tank water storage totals 58,000 gallons. Processing occurs onsite and the applicant may utilize a licensed third-party processing facility. Energy for the project will be sourced from a generator although the applicant is actively pursuing solar power. Once installed, solar will be the primary energy source.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the resolution (Attachment 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 Eagle Nest Farm, LLC project (Attachment 3); and

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

c. Approves the Eagle Nest Farm, LLC Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in Humboldt County, in the Whitethorn area, on the east side of Briceland Thorne Road, approximately 2600 feet NE from the intersection of Briceland Thorne Road and Shelter Cove Road, on the property known to be in Township 04S of Range 02E Section 33 Humboldt Base & Meridian.

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