Title
Hummingbird Hill Farm, LLC Special Permit
Record Number: PLN-12391-ZCC
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 220-261-008
4439 Briceland Thorne Road, Briceland area
Project Description: A Special Permit for the continued operation of an existing 9,990-square-foot outdoor cannabis cultivation site using light deprivation. The applicant is proposed to reorganize full-sun cultivation into greenhouses. There will be a total of nine greenhouses upon full build-out. There will be 2 cultivation cycles annually, in July and October, respectively. Water for irrigation is sourced from rain catchment. There is 164,200 gallons of water storage on the site in a series of hard-sided tanks. The applicant's estimated annual water use is 71,000 gallons. Power is provided by PG&E and supplemented with solar. Drying will occur in an existing 728-square-foot accessory structure. Additional processing occurs off site with a licensed third-party facility. No employees will work on the site.
Recommendation
Find that the Zoning Administrator 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 Special Permit based on evidence in the staff report and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed Hummingbird Hill Farm, LLC, project subject to the recommended conditions.