Title
RBC Holdings, LLC Conditional Use Permit
Case Numbers CUP 16-749
Assessor’s Parcel Number(s) (APN) 522-044-047, 522-044-037
1008 M&W Road, Willow Creek area
A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for an existing cultivation of 10,000 square feet of outdoor and 2,000 square feet of mixed-light cannabis cultivation (12,000 square feet total). Plants are harvested and dried in the shop, and then they are machine trimmed outside and returned to the shop for curing. All processing is completed by the applicant and no employees are utilized. The applicant is also seeking an off-site, licensed, processing facility for future use. Water is currently sourced for irrigation from the applicant's point of water diversion from Anton Creek on the property. The applicant will be abandoning the diversion from Anton Creek in 2018 and transitioning to the use of a rainwater catchment system to supply water to the cultivation for future use. There is also a well on the property that is not used due to its low volumetric capacity. The applicant has 25,000 gallons of hard tank storage and 50,000 gallons of bladder storage, and is proposing to expand water storage to 100,000 gallons by January 1, 2018. The applicant proposes to relocate an area of cultivation away from an unnamed Class III watercourse. The applicant has filed an Initial Statement of Water Diversion and Use with the Division of Water Rights. The applicant has submitted an Enrollment Notice of Intent Form for the Commercial Cannabis Waste Discharge Regulatory Program administered by the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB). The applicant has also filed a Notification of Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement (LSAA) (1600 Permit) with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).
Recommendation
Find the project Categorically Exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15301 and 15333 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 RBC Holdings, LLC Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions.