File #: 23-1404    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 10/11/2023 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 10/19/2023 Final action:
Title: Kush Creek Organics, LLC Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Assessor's Parcel Number: 522-025-006-000 Record Number: PLN-10558-CUP Willow Creek area Conditional Use Permit for 22,276-square-feet (SF) of existing cannabis cultivation consisting of 7,340 SF of mixed-light greenhouse cultivation and 14,936 SF of outdoor cultivation on a 160-acre parcel. A Special Permit is also requested for development within the Streamside Management Area (SMA) for the continued use and maintenance of the point of diversion infrastructure. Irrigation water is diverted during winter months from an unnamed Class II spring. Additional sources for commercial cannabis irrigation include a proposed 300,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. Existing available water storage includes 55,500 gallons storage. Estimated annual water usage is 46,650 gallons (1.9 gallons/SF/year), drawn entirely during the month of April. This amount is substantially less than most cannabis operations and is achieved by wat...
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 10558 Staff Report 10.19.23, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval 10558, 4. Attachment 1B - Operations Plan 10558, 5. Attachment 1C - 10558 Site Plan 10.26.21, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum 10558, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings 10558, 9. Attachment 4A - Supply Creek Cumulative Impact Assessment, 10. Attachment 4B- Supply Creek Surface Water Supply Study, 11. Attachment 4C - Supply Creek Ambient Water Grab Sampling Results, 12. Attachment 4D - Pond Engineering Plan 10558, 13. Attachment 4E - 10558 CDFW Final LSAA, 14. Attachment 4F - 10558 Site Management Plan, 15. Attachment 4G - 10558 Right to Divert and Use Water 12.27.2019, 16. Attachment 4H - 10558 Less Than 3 Acres Conv. Exempt, 17. Attachment 4I - Road Assoc Report - NP, 18. Attachment 4J - 10558 Well 06.19.2017, 19. Attachment 4K - Specifications for Generator, 20. Attachment 4L - 10558 Notice of Applicability 12.27.2019, 21. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recomendations 10558, 22. Attachment 5A - Cal Fire Referral, 23. Attachment 5B - California Department of Fish & Wildlife Referral, 24. Attachment 5C - Division Environmental Health Referral, 25. Attachment 5D - Public Works, Land Use Division Referral, 26. Attachment 6 - Watershed Map, 27. PC Resolution 23-090_Kush Creek Organics_10558
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
title
Kush Creek Organics, LLC Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit
Assessor's Parcel Number: 522-025-006-000
Record Number: PLN-10558-CUP
Willow Creek area

Conditional Use Permit for 22,276-square-feet (SF) of existing cannabis cultivation consisting of 7,340 SF of mixed-light greenhouse cultivation and 14,936 SF of outdoor cultivation on a 160-acre parcel. A Special Permit is also requested for development within the Streamside Management Area (SMA) for the continued use and maintenance of the point of diversion infrastructure. Irrigation water is diverted during winter months from an unnamed Class II spring. Additional sources for commercial cannabis irrigation include a proposed 300,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. Existing available water storage includes 55,500 gallons storage. Estimated annual water usage is 46,650 gallons (1.9 gallons/SF/year), drawn entirely during the month of April. This amount is substantially less than most cannabis operations and is achieved by water-saving trench-cultivation methods designed to only require drip irrigation from storage a few times a week during summer months. Drying is conducted in two buildings with a combined area of 1,400 SF by two permanent employees and up to three (3) additional temporary staff. All processing and packaging will occur off-site at a third-party licensed facility. Continued use of portable toilets are conditioned until a planned onsite wastewater septic system can be constructed. Historically, solar panels provide most electricity (85 percent) and two Honda EU 3000iS generators are used to accommodate the remaining electrical demand. If approved, the project is proposed to be conditioned to transition to 100 percent on-site renewable energy by January 1, 2026...end

RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 23...

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