File #: OR 17-05 11.16    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Ordinance Status: Continued
File created: 11/13/2017 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 12/14/2017 Final action:
Title: County of Humboldt OR 17-005 County Wide This item involves amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to allow improved floors and footpaths in greenhouses on prime agricultural soils where certain conditions are met to ensure the long-term protection of the underlying soil for future agricultural use. The current Zoning Ordinance prohibits improved floors and footpaths in greenhouses on prime agricultural soils. This limits the types of greenhouses for new commercial cannabis cultivation, which can only occur on prime agricultural soils. The amendments would modify sections 314-43.1.3.2 and 314-69.1.1.2 of Title III, Division 1, Chapter 4 (Inland Zoning Regulations); and section 313-69.1.5 to Title III, Division I, Chapter 3 (Coastal Zoning Regulations) of the Humboldt County Code.
Attachments: 1. OR 17-005 Staff Report, 2. PC Supplemental 1 Ord 17-005 Greenhouse FLoors, 3. PC Supplemental 2 Ord 17-005 Greenhouse FLoors

Title

County of Humboldt

OR 17-005

County Wide

 

This item involves amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to allow improved floors and footpaths in greenhouses on prime agricultural soils where certain conditions are met to ensure the long-term protection of the underlying soil for future agricultural use. The current Zoning Ordinance prohibits improved floors and footpaths in greenhouses on prime agricultural soils. This limits the types of greenhouses for new commercial cannabis cultivation, which can only occur on prime agricultural soils. The amendments would modify sections 314-43.1.3.2 and 314-69.1.1.2 of Title III, Division 1, Chapter 4 (Inland Zoning Regulations); and section 313-69.1.5 to Title III, Division I, Chapter 3 (Coastal Zoning Regulations) of the Humboldt County Code.

 

Recommendation

Move to make all the required findings based on evidence in the staff report, and recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve the proposed amendments relating to agricultural accessory structures on prime agricultural soils in Attachment 3 (subject to the following modifications….) by adopting the attached Resolution.