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File #: 23-1099    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 7/25/2023 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 8/3/2023 Final action: 8/3/2023
Title: Full Pardon Farms, LLC Special Permit Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 216-083-006 Record No.: PLN-11691-SP New Harris area Full Pardon Farms, LLC seeks a Special Permit (PLN-11691-SP) for an existing 10,000 square feet (SF) of outdoor cannabis cultivation. Plants are propagated in a 750 SF portion of the 1,500-SF nursery onsite. The ancillary nursery serves two projects under the same ownership. Processing such as drying, curing, and bucking down flower occurs in a 2,400 SF barn on an adjacent parcel under the same ownership (APN 216-081-008). Irrigation water is sourced from a 400,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond onsite. Estimated annual water use is 61,500 gallons (6.15 gal/SF). Further processing such as trimming and packaging are proposed to occur offsite at a licensed third-party facility. Besides the owners/operators, no additional full-time employees would be required. The primary source of electrical power is a solar array, with a 7-kilowatt (kW) generator serving as...
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 11691 Staff Report 8.3.23, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Cultivation Operations Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 7. Attachment 3 - CEQA Addednum, 8. Attachment 4 - Applicant’s Evidence in Support of the Required Findings, 9. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Full Pardon Farms, LLC Special Permit
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 216-083-006
Record No.: PLN-11691-SP
New Harris area

Full Pardon Farms, LLC seeks a Special Permit (PLN-11691-SP) for an existing 10,000 square feet (SF) of outdoor cannabis cultivation. Plants are propagated in a 750 SF portion of the 1,500-SF nursery onsite. The ancillary nursery serves two projects under the same ownership. Processing such as drying, curing, and bucking down flower occurs in a 2,400 SF barn on an adjacent parcel under the same ownership (APN 216-081-008). Irrigation water is sourced from a 400,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond onsite. Estimated annual water use is 61,500 gallons (6.15 gal/SF). Further processing such as trimming and packaging are proposed to occur offsite at a licensed third-party facility. Besides the owners/operators, no additional full-time employees would be required. The primary source of electrical power is a solar array, with a 7-kilowatt (kW) generator serving as backup in times of limited insolation.

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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:

1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 23-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:

a. Finds that the Zoning Administrator has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the Commercial Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Full Pardon Farms, LLC Special Permit project; and

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

c. Approves the Full Pardon farms, LLC Special Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Exhibit A); and

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is located in the New Harris area, on the west side of Bell Springs Road, approximately 0.9 miles north on Bell Springs Road from the intersection of Harris Road and Bell Sprin...

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