File #: 24-1526    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: New Business
File created: 10/29/2024 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 11/7/2024 Final action: 11/7/2024
Title: Native Humboldt Farm, Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permit Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 217-282-015 Record No.: PLN-11454-ZCC Blocksburg area A Zoning Clearance Certificate for 5,000 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Water is stored in 15 hard tanks (34,500 gallons) and the applicant proposes to add an additional two hard tanks (5,000 gallons) for a total of 39,500 gallons of available water storage. Estimated annual water usage is 41,000 gallons. All processing is completed at a licensed off-site processing facility. Electricity is sourced from PGE. Also requested is a special permit for the ongoing use of a point of diversion for the water for irrigation from an existing on-site spring.
Attachments: 1. 11454 Staff Report 11.07.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Cultivation andOperations Plan 01.10.2023, 5. Attachment 1C - Updated Site Plan 01.10.2023, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum 11454, 8. Attachment 4 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Native Humboldt Farm, Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 217-282-015
Record No.: PLN-11454-ZCC
Blocksburg area

A Zoning Clearance Certificate for 5,000 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Water is stored in 15 hard tanks (34,500 gallons) and the applicant proposes to add an additional two hard tanks (5,000 gallons) for a total of 39,500 gallons of available water storage. Estimated annual water usage is 41,000 gallons. All processing is completed at a licensed off-site processing facility. Electricity is sourced from PGE. Also requested is a special permit for the ongoing use of a point of diversion for the water for irrigation from an existing on-site spring.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt resolutions (Resolution 24-__) (Attachments 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the Zoning Administrator has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Native Humboldt Farm project (Attachment 3); and
b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in the Blocksburg area, on both sides of Cemetery Road, at the intersection of Alderpoint Road and Cemetery Road, on the property known as 4 Cemetery Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Rural Community Center (RCC), Humboldt County General Plan (GP), No density requirement, Slope Stability: high Instability (3).

Present Zoning: Unclassified (U).

Environmental Review: An Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration has ...

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