File #: 11260    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Passed
File created: 7/25/2017 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 8/3/2017 Final action: 8/3/2017
Title: S.A.F.E., LLC Conditional Use Permit Case number CUP 16-202 Assessor Parcel Number 101-152-003 2440 Mattole Road, Ferndale area A Conditional Use Permit for 28,401 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Processing is done on-site. Plants are harvested and dried in Building 1 and 2 then they are machine trimmed in Junior Barn 1 and returned to Building 2 for storage. Water is sourced for cultivation from two points of diversion on the property. There will be no diversions between August 15th and October 1st except for 200 gallons per day per CDFW 1602 Streambed Alteration Agreement. The applicant has 30,000 gallons of water storage in existing hard tanks and bladders on the property. The applicant is proposing to remove the bladders that total 23,000 gallons and to add an additional twelve 10,000 gallon hard tanks, bringing the total storage capacity to 127,000 gallons. The applicant has filed an Initial Statement of Water Diversion and Use with the Division of Wat...
Attachments: 1. CUP 16-202 Staff Report

Title

S.A.F.E., LLC  Conditional Use Permit

Case number CUP 16-202

Assessor Parcel Number 101-152-003

2440 Mattole Road, Ferndale area

 

A Conditional Use Permit for 28,401 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Processing is done on-site. Plants are harvested and dried in Building 1 and 2 then they are machine trimmed in Junior Barn 1 and returned to Building 2 for storage. Water is sourced for cultivation from two points of diversion on the property. There will be no diversions between August 15th and October 1st except for 200 gallons per day per CDFW 1602 Streambed Alteration Agreement. The applicant has 30,000 gallons of water storage in existing hard tanks and bladders on the property. The applicant is proposing to remove the bladders that total 23,000 gallons and to add an additional twelve 10,000 gallon hard tanks, bringing the total storage capacity to 127,000 gallons. The applicant has filed an Initial Statement of Water Diversion and Use with the Division of Water Rights. The applicant has submitted an Enrollment Notice of Intent Form for the Commercial Cannabis Waste Discharge Regulatory Program (CCWDRP) administered by the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). The applicant has secured a Lake or Streambed Alteration (1600 Permit) with the Department of Fish and Wildlife (1600-2016-0170-R1).

Recommendation

Find the project Categorically Exempt from environmental review pursuant to Sections 15301, 15303, and 15333 of the State CEQA Guidelines, make all of the required findings for approval of the Conditional Use Permit based on evidence in the staff report and any public testimony, and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed S.A.F.E., LLC Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions.