File #: OR 18-001    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Ordinance Status: Reported from Committee
File created: 2/9/2018 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 2/15/2018 Final action:
Title: Zoning Ordinance Amendments Interim Permitting of Existing Cultivation Activities Case Number OR 18-001 Humboldt County has existing ordinances regulating commercial medical cannabis activities, including the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2544, which was adopted February 26, 2016 and modified on September 13, 2016 (Ordinance 2559). On November 14, 2017, the ordinance was further modified by Ordinance 2588 to include provisions for the issuance of interim permits to certain eligible applicants seeking to permit lawful pre-existing cultivation sites in accordance with provisions for temporary licensing now authorized under the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”) (SB 94). Since becoming effective in mid-December 2017, the Department has processed and issued over 350 Interim Permits to applicants and operators of pre-existing cultivation sites. The project proposes amendments to the interim permitting provisions in Sec...
Attachments: 1. OR-18-001 Staff Report

Title

Zoning Ordinance Amendments

Interim Permitting of Existing Cultivation Activities

Case Number OR 18-001

 

Humboldt County has existing ordinances regulating commercial medical cannabis activities, including the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2544, which was adopted February 26, 2016 and modified on September 13, 2016 (Ordinance 2559).  On November 14, 2017, the ordinance was further modified by Ordinance 2588 to include provisions for the issuance of interim permits to certain eligible applicants seeking to permit lawful pre-existing cultivation sites in accordance with provisions for temporary licensing now authorized under the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”) (SB 94).  Since becoming effective in mid-December 2017, the Department has processed and issued over 350 Interim Permits to applicants and operators of pre-existing cultivation sites.  The project proposes amendments to the interim permitting provisions in Section 314-55.4.8.11 of Humboldt County Code to allow issuance of interim permits to additional eligible pre-existing cultivation sites.

Recommendation

 Move to make all of the required findings, based on evidence in the staff report and public testimony, and recommend the Board of Supervisors enact the proposed amendments to County Code concerning Interim permitting.