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Innovation West dba Panther Gap Farms
Case Numbers CUPs16-030, 16-031, 17-021, 17-022, and 16-107 and SP 16-051
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APNs) 107-124-015, 107-235-008, 107-235-007, 107-236-011, 107-236-010, 107-234-012, 107-111-001
Honeydew Area
Five Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) for existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation sites up to 1 acre in size per property, for a total of 5 acres (217,800 square feet) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation across 7 parcels totaling approximately 564 acres. The applicant has three cannabis project applications contained in this series of CUPs, and one contained in a pending Special Permit (SP), and proposes to lease the two permit applications proposed herein as CUP 17-021 and 17-022 to an assignee operator, in conformance with the 4-permit limit under the Humboldt County Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO Section 55.4.8.10). Water sources for the operation include four existing, permitted groundwater wells, located on properties identified as APN 107-234-012, APN 107-235-007, APN 107-235-008, and APN 107-236-011, and five surface water diversions that are subject to current California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements (LSAA 1600 permits). The applicant will forbear all use of surface water for irrigation from May 15 to October 31, during which time the wells will be the sole source of irrigation. CDFW has verified that the existing wells are non-jurisdictional. Hard tank water storage is used on some of the sites (APN 107-235-007, APN 107-235-008, 107-234-012 and 107-111-001). One off-stream pond, approximately 80,000 gallons, currently exists on APN 107-236-011 (CUP 17-021). An off-stream, pond, approximately 175,000-gallons, is proposed on the property without a well water source, (CUP 17-022, APN 107-236-010), to provide water storage for irrigation during the forbearance period. Energy for the projects would be supplied by generator...
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