Title
Higher Ground Agriculture, LLC, Conditional Use Permit
Application Number: 11018
Case Number: CUP16-127
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 223-075-016
3535 East Branch Road, Garberville, Benbow Area
Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for 22,900 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cultivation and 4,100 SF of existing mixed-light cultivation. The total cultivation area is 27,000 square feet (SF) on two parcels totaling 200 acres. The applicant is proposing a 1,300-square-foot appurtenant nursery and to consolidate two existing grow sites into one central location. The source of irrigation water is a permitted on-site well. Total water usage is approximately 280,000 gallons per year. Water is stored in an existing 70,000-gallon hard tank. Drying occurs in an existing on-site barn and processing is done at a licensed off-site facility. A maximum of five people will be on-site during peak operations. Power to the subject parcel is supplied by P. G. & E.
Staff Recommendation: Find that the Commission has considered the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration adopted for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance pursuant to Section 15164 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 adopt the Resolution approving the proposed Higher Ground Agriculture, LLC, project subject to the recommended conditions.