Title
Platinum Hills Ranch Conditional Use Permit
Application Number: 10269
Case Numbers: AA 16-033; CUP 16-012
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 210-051-059
Bridgeville area on north side of State Highway 36
A Conditional Use Permit for an existing commercial medical cannabis operation on an approximately 40-acre parcel. The cultivation activities consist of 13,440 square feet of outdoor cultivation in seven 20-foot x 96-foot greenhouses (each being 1,920 square feet) and 30,120 square feet of open air cultivation. No supplemental light is used in the operation. The water source for the operation is an existing well. Water storage totals 46,500 gallons and consists of one 2,500-gallon water tanks, three 3,000-gallon water tanks, and seven 5,000-gallon water tanks. The projected water usage is 583,440 gallons per year. Processing will take place onsite in a proposed 1,200-square-foot building. All operations will be conducted by two workers living on the site in an existing residence. Security for the site consists of fencing and gated access. Pacific Gas & Electricity (PG&E) supplies power to the site. The applicant applied for a permit with the Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health (DEH) for the well in April 2013. The site is also served by a permitted on-site wastewater treatment system.
Recommendation
Staff Recommendation: Find the project exempt from environmental review pursuant to Sections 15301 and 15303 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 Platinum Hills Ranch Conditional Use Permit, subject to the recommended conditions.