To: Zoning Administrator
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Valley Tops, LLC, Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 210-044-008-000
Record No.: PLN-12297-SP
Larabee Valley area
A Special Permit application for 10,000 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation recommended for denial. Water for irrigation is sourced from an unnamed spring onsite and rainwater catchment. Water storage consists of a total 111,400-gallons in hard tanks and a bladder. Drying and processing is proposed onsite, and power is supplied by a generator.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt the resolution (Attachment 1), which does the following:
a. Finds the Valley Tops, LLC project statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per section 15270 (Projects Which Are Disapproved) of the State CEQA Guidelines; and
b. Finds the proposed project does not comply with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Denies the Special Permit application (PLN-12297-SP).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is in the Larabee Valley area, on the south side of State Highway 36, approximately 0.3 miles west from the intersection of Larabee Buttes Road and State Highway 36, then southwest on a private road for approximately 0.70 miles, on the property known to be in the southwest quarter of Section 14, the southeast quarter of Section 15, the northeast quarter of Section 22 and the northwest quarter of Section 23, Township 01 North, Range 04 East.
Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Residential Agriculture (RA); 2017 General Plan; Density: 40 acres per unit; Slope Stability: High Instability (3)
Present Zoning: Forestry Recreation (FR), Special Building Site B-5(40)
Environmental Review: The proposed project is statutorily exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per section 15270 (Projects Which Are ...
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