Title
Honeydew Ranch, LLC, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit
Application Number: 12256
Case Numbers: CUP18-030 and SP16-461
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 107-272-005
665 Old Hindley Ranch Road, Honeydew area
Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for 16,175 square feet (SF) of existing mixed light cultivation and a Special Permit (SP) for a 14,000-square-foot proposed nursery. The Honeydew Ranch, LLC, project site can facilitate up to 8.0 acres (20% of total) of cultivation under the CMMLUO. The project includes the parcel as a receiving site for a minimum of nine retirement, remediation, and relocation (RRR) cannabis cultivation applications totaling 180,000 square feet of mixed light cultivation area. When fully developed, the total mixed light cultivation area will not exceed 348,480 SF of cultivation area. Additional proposed development includes a 5,000-square-foot, two-story processing facility to be expanded to 10,000 SF in the second phase of project development, and a 3,000,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond capable of providing all irrigation water to the various cultivation operations.
Recommendation
Move to adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for this project pursuant Section 15074 of the State CEQA Guidelines, make all of the required findings for approval of the Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit based on evidence in the staff report and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed Honeydew Ranch, LLC, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit subject to the recommended conditions.