Title
Schackow Farms, Inc. Conditional Use Permit
Application Number: 11708
Case Number: CUP16-351
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 211-401-007
400 Carrol Lane, Miranda area
A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for 43,480 square feet (sf) of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Cannabis cultivation will occur in three cultivation areas. Cultivation Areas 1 and 2 contain greenhouses and will use light deprivation to harvest two times annually. Cultivation Area 3 is used for full sun outdoor plants. Water for irrigation will be supplied via a rooftop rain catchment system, a permitted cistern, six existing hard tanks totaling 7,750-gallons of water storage, and a 235,000-gallon rain catchment pond. Total water use is expected to be approximately 271,000 gallons per year. Peak water usage will total approximately 44,000 gallons from July to October and will be approximately 6,000 gallons from November through April. Cannabis will be watered using a drip irrigation system. The cannabis will be irrigated by a drip system. Once harvested, the cannabis will be processed (dried and trimmed) in an existing on-site building. The applicant will employee between 10-15 seasonal employees for cannabis cultivation. Power is provided by P. G. & E. and a generator.
Recommendation
Find the project exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15301, 15303 and 15304 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 Schackow Farms, Inc. project subject to the recommended conditions.