Title
Humboldt Redwood Healing Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit
Case Numbers CUP16-457 and SP-17-178
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 211-383-022
1475 Cathey Road, Miranda area
A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and a Special Permit (SP) for an existing commercial medical cannabis cultivation operation known as Humboldt Redwood Healing. The CUP is for 13,134 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cultivation, and the SP is for 5,542 SF of existing mixed-light cultivation. The total cultivation area altogether is 18,676 square feet (SF) on a 45.3-acre parcel. The applicant is proposing to consolidate multiple existing grow sites into two central locations. The source of irrigation water is four permitted groundwater wells on the site. Total water usage is approximately 195,500 gallons per year. Water is stored in eight existing 2,500-gallon tanks, and the applicant plans to install eight additional 2,500-gallon tanks in the future, for a total of 40,000 gallons of water storage on the site. Processing and drying of cannabis takes place in a permitted 1,800 square foot barn. The operation has up to 10 employees working at a time: two full time and eight seasonal workers. Power for the cannabis cultivation activities is supplied by a generator. The applicant has enrolled with the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Cannabis Waste Discharge Regulatory Program as a Tier 2 discharger (WDID#1B16240CHUM).
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 Humboldt Redwood Healing project, subject to the recommended conditions.