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File #: 24-92    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Passed
File created: 1/9/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 1/18/2024 Final action: 1/18/2024
Title: Lost Coast Cannabis, LLC Conditional Use Permit Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 220-272-022 Record Numbers: PLN-12795-CUP Whitethorn area A Conditional Use Permit for 18,953 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation supported by a 1,700 square foot ancillary nursery. Estimated annual irrigation water usage is 175,960 gallons and sourced from a point of diversion on APN 220-311-004. Water storage for irrigation is 66,000 gallons in existing tanks and 110,000 in proposed tanks for a total of 176,000 gallons of irrigation storage. Drying occurs onsite and additional processing occurs offsite at a licensed facility. Power is provided by solar panels with backup from a propane generator.
Sponsors: Planning and Building, Laura McClenagan
Attachments: 1. 12795 PC Staff Report 1.18.24, 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 - Water Right, 10. Attachment 4B - LSAA, 11. Attachment 4C - Road Evaluation, 12. Attachment 4D - Site Managment Plan, 13. Attachment 4E - Less Than 3 Acre Conversion Exemption, 14. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments, 15. PC Resolution 24-002_Lost Coast Cannabis_12795
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Lost Coast Cannabis, LLC Conditional Use Permit
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 220-272-022
Record Numbers: PLN-12795-CUP
Whitethorn area

A Conditional Use Permit for 18,953 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation supported by a 1,700 square foot ancillary nursery. Estimated annual irrigation water usage is 175,960 gallons and sourced from a point of diversion on APN 220-311-004. Water storage for irrigation is 66,000 gallons in existing tanks and 110,000 in proposed tanks for a total of 176,000 gallons of irrigation storage. Drying occurs onsite and additional processing occurs offsite at a licensed facility. Power is provided by solar panels with backup from a propane generator.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

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

a. Finds that the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance and the Addendum that was prepared for the Lost Coast Cannabis, LLC project (Attachment 3); and

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

c. Approves the Lost Coast Cannabis, LLC Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is in the Whitethorn area, on the North side of Briceland Road, approximately 700 feet East from the intersection of Briceland Road and Elk Ridge Road, on the property known to be in Section 1 of Township 04 South, Range 02 East, Section 6,7 of Township 04 South, Range 03 East Humboldt Base & Meridian.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Residential Agriculture (RA), 2017 General Plan, Density: 40 acres per unit; Slope Stability: Low Instability (2), High Instabil...

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