File #: 24-158    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Reported from Committee
File created: 1/24/2024 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 2/1/2024 Final action:
Title: Emerald Mines, Inc Special Permit Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 208-341-003 Record Numbers: PLN-11756-SP Dinsmore area A Special Permit for 9,453 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. There is no ancillary nursery and processing occurs offsite. The estimated 78,350-gallon annual water budget is sourced from rainwater catchment and supported by 96,500 gallons of tank storage. Power is provided by solar panels and a generator. Project is conditioned to source power from renewables reserving the generator for emergencies only. The Special Permit includes a reduction of the setback from public lands.
Attachments: 1. 11756 Staff Report 2.1.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - Rainwater Catchment Analysis, 10. Attachment 4B - Road Evaluation, 11. Attachment 4C - FAA Determination of No Hazard, 12. Attachment 4D - Survey Map GIS Analysis, 13. Attachments 5A to 5F - Referral Agency Comments, 14. ZA Resolution 24-007_Emerald Mines_11756
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Emerald Mines, Inc Special Permit
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 208-341-003
Record Numbers: PLN-11756-SP
Dinsmore area

A Special Permit for 9,453 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. There is no ancillary nursery and processing occurs offsite. The estimated 78,350-gallon annual water budget is sourced from rainwater catchment and supported by 96,500 gallons of tank storage. Power is provided by solar panels and a generator. Project is conditioned to source power from renewables reserving the generator for emergencies only. The Special Permit includes a reduction of the setback from public lands.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:

1. Adopt resolutions (Resolution 24-__) (Attachments 1) which does the following:

a. Finds that 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 Emerald Mines, Inc project (Attachment 3); and

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

c. Approves the Emerald Mines, LLC Special Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is in the Dinsmore area, on the north side of Cobb Road, approximately 230 feet east from the intersection of Rattlesnake Bridge Road and Cobb Road, on the property known as 281 Cobb Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Residential Agriculture (RA); Airport Safety Review (AP); 2017 General Plan; Density: 20 acres per unit; Slope Stability: Low Instability (1) & High Instability (3)

Present Zoning:
Unclassified (U)

Environmental Review:
An Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for consideration per ?15164 of t...

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