Title
Empress Farms, LLC Conditional Use Permit and Special Permits
Application Number: 12694
Case Number: PLN-2016-12694
Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs): 104-311-019,104-281-005, and 104-281-004
36332 Mattole Road, Petrolia area
Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit for the continued operation of an existing cannabis cultivation site consisting of 35,560 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Water is sourced from rain catchment and from a point of diversion on APN 104-281-004. Nursery and processing activities will occur on APN 104-321-001. A Special Permit for encroachment into the Streamside Management Area for a point of diversion and a Special Permit to perform restoration activities within a Streamside Management Area are included in this project. APN 104-311-019 is also proposed as an RRR receiving site for 20,000 square feet of cannabis to be relocated from APN 104-143-015 under a separate action.
Recommendation
Consider the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance, make all of the required findings for approval of the Conditional Use Permit and Special Permits based on evidence in the staff report, and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed Empress Farms, LLC, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permits subject to the recommended conditions.