Title
Northern Night Music Group, LLC/Blap Productions
Northern Nights Music Festival and One-Day Event
Modification to Conditional Use Permit
Review of 2019 post-event Annual Report
Application Number: 15400
Case Number: PLN-2019-15400
Assessor's Parcel Number (APN): 033-271-007
240 Cooks Valley Road, Benbow area
Project Description: A modification to the Special Event Use Permit for the County Line Ranch. The permit currently authorizes land within the Humboldt County portion of the ranch to be used for auxiliary facilities during the annual Northern Nights Music Festival (NNMF). The Special Event Use Permit also allows this same area of the ranch to be used for a separate 2,000 person one-day event usually occurring during the weekend nearest Independence Day (July 4th) or Labor Day (generally the last week in August or first week in September). The Humboldt County Use Permit was last modified in 2017 (CUP-04-38MMMMM), which resulted in extension of the term of approval for five additional years, through 2022.
The modification to the permit is requested to allow establishment of a cannabis vending and consumption area within the Humboldt County portion of the festival, pursuant to section 314-55.4.10.4 of Humboldt County Code, which authorizes Temporary Special Events of this sort. The permit modification is also requested to establish consistency with the approved attendance levels and festival duration recently authorized by the County of Mendocino for a 4-day event (NNMF), and to allow attendance during the 1-day event to be increased from 2,000 persons to 3,000 persons, through use of lands within the Mendocino County portion of the ranch for auxiliary parking and camping.
Recommendation
A) Consider the Addendum to the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, make all of the required findings, based on evidence in the staff report and public testimony, and approve the modification to the conditional use permit as described in the Agenda Item...
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