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File #: 24-1184    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 7/30/2024 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 8/15/2024 Final action: 8/15/2024
Title: Lizard Ranch Farms LLC Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 208-341-011 Record No.: PLN-12020-SP Dinsmore area A Special Permit for 9,325 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Water is sourced from an existing well and rainwater catchment. Water is stored in a series of tanks totaling 96,500 gallons, the annual water budget is 120,000 gallons. Drying will occur onsite while further processing, including trimming will occur offsite. A solar panel and battery system provides electricity, with a generator used for emergencies only.
Attachments: 1. 12020 Staff Report 8.15.24, 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 Maps, 7. Attachment 3 - 12020 CEQA Addendum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Findings, 9. Attachment 4A - Site Management Plan, 10. Attachment 4B - Well Completion Report, 11. Attachment 4C - Road Evaluation, 12. Attachment 4D - FAA No Hazard Letter, 13. Attachment 4E - Timber Conversion Evaluation, 14. Attachment 4F - LSAA, 15. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments, 16. Attachment 5A - CDFW referal comments, 17. Attachment 5B - Division of Environmental Health, 18. Attachment 5C - Public Works, 19. ZA Resolution 24-032_Lizard Ranch Farms_12020
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Lizard Ranch Farms LLC
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 208-341-011
Record No.: PLN-12020-SP
Dinsmore area

A Special Permit for 9,325 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Water is sourced from an existing well and rainwater catchment. Water is stored in a series of tanks totaling 96,500 gallons, the annual water budget is 120,000 gallons. Drying will occur onsite while further processing, including trimming will occur offsite. A solar panel and battery system provides electricity, with a generator used for emergencies only.

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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 Lizard Ranch, LLC project (Attachment 3); and
b. Finds the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Lizard Ranch, LLC Special Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is in Humboldt County, in the Dinsmore area, on the North side of State Highway 36, approximately 480 feet North from the intersection of State Highway 36 and Rattlesnake Bridge Road, and approximately 540 feet East from the intersection of Rattlesnake Bridge Road and an unnamed road, on the property known as 415 Cobb Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Residential Agriculture (RA); Airport Review (AP); 2017 General Plan; Density: 20 acres per unit; Slope Stability: High Instability (3).
Present Zoning:
Unclassified (U).

Environmental Review:
An Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for considerat...

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