Title
Homestead Collective Weed Company, LLC Special Permits
Record Number: PLN-12237-SP
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 217-401-011
5576 Homestead Road, Blocksburg area
Project Description: A Special Permit for 9,000 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Cultivation activities extend from April to October. The applicant projects one cultivation cycle per year. Water for irrigation is sourced from an existing onstream pond and one point of diversion from an unnamed spring. Annual water use is 107,000 gallons. Water storage includes 287,500 gallons in a series of hard-sided tanks and the 252,500-gallon pond. Processing activities including drying, curing, and trimming would occur onsite in an existing structure. Electricity is sourced from generator power that is used to power the residence. The proposed project also includes a Special Permit to allow development within the Streamside Management Area of Basin Creek for a point of diversion and an onstream pond that is utilized for irrigation.
Recommendation
Find the project exempt from environmental review pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15270 (projects that are disapproved), make the finding that the development does not conform with all applicable standards and requirements of the Humboldt County Code and adopt the Resolution denying the proposed Homestead Collective Weed Company, LLC project.