To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
SUBJECT:
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Adoption of an Urgency Ordinance Extending a Temporary Moratorium on the Cultivation of Industrial Hemp in the Coastal Zone (4/5 Vote Required). Case # PLN-2021-17163
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open the Public Hearing;
2. Consider the staff report and comments from the public;
3. Close the Public Hearing;
4. Adopt the Interim Urgency Ordinance extending the temporary moratorium on the cultivation of industrial hemp (Ordinance 2677) by "Established Agricultural Research Institutions" and any growers of industrial hemp in the Coastal Zone of Humboldt County based on the findings set forth within the Interim Urgency Ordinance under the provisions contained in California Government Code Sections 25123 (d) and 65858 (4/5 vote required); and
5. If adopted, direct the Clerk of the Board to publish a summary of the Ordinance amendments within 15 days after adoption by the Board, along with the names of those Supervisors voting for and against each ordinance (Attachment 2) and to post in the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance along with the names of those Supervisors voting for and against the ordinance.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The salary funding for preparing this staff report is included in the General Fund contribution to the Long-Range Planning unit, 1100-282.
DISCUSSION:
This item follows up the Board of Supervisor's action on Item # J-1 of the June 22, 2021, meeting when the Board adopted a 6-month temporary moratorium on the cultivation of industrial hemp by "Established Agricultural Research Institutions" and any growers of industrial hemp in the Coastal Zone of Humboldt County by Ordinance 2677. Staff recommends extending for an additional 1-year period the temporary moratorium of cultivation of industrial hemp in...
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