Title
Top Choice Organics, LLC, Conditional Use Permit
Record Number PLN-11549-CUP
Assessor Parcel Number (APN): 216-174-010.
Alderpoint area
A Conditional Use Permit for continued cultivation of 49,198 square feet (SF) of cannabis consisting of 9,217 SF mixed-light and 39,981 SF outdoor, of which 16,981 SF is in light-deprivation hoop houses and 23,000 SF is full sun. Irrigation water is sourced from two spring diversions and a groundwater well. Annual estimated water usage is 610,000 gallons. A 2,400-square-foot structure is proposed for drying and storage, a 400-square-foot commercial building is proposed for trimming. Power for the operation is currently provided by small generators (5 x 2,200-watt generators and 1 x 7,500-watt generator), however, within 3 years the operation will be powered primarily by solar and supplemented by the existing generators. The proposed project includes a Special Permit for development in the SMA for two points of diversion used for irrigation and stream remediation to re-align a Class III unnamed watercourse.
Recommendation
Find that the Commission has considered the Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Land Use Ordinance (CCMLUO) as described by Section §15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, make all of the required findings for approval of the Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit and adopt the Resolution approving the Top Choice Organics, LLC, project as recommended by staff subject to the recommended conditions.