Title
Bamboo Farms, Inc. Special Permits
Application Number: 11492
Case Number: SP17-114
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 219-061-001
3546 Lower Thomas Road, Miranda area
Project Description: A Special Permit for 9,620 square feet of outdoor cannabis cultivation in greenhouses using light deprivation. Water for irrigation is sourced from rain catchment in two 150,000-gallon ponds. Drying occurs on-site. Trimming and other processing activities occur off site at a licensed processing facility. One full-time employee works on site year-round, and three additional employees work seasonally. Electricity is provided by an existing solar array with a back-up generator. The project includes a Special Permit for activity within Streamside Management Areas consisting of two irrigation ponds with outflows into a Class III drainage and the restoration of two decommissioned historic cultivation sites.
Recommendation
Move to accept staff’s recommendation allowing for continued cultivation of 9,620 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation, find that the Zoning Administrator has considered the Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Land Use Ordinance (CCMLUO) as described by Section §15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, make all of the required findings for approval of the Special Permits based on evidence in the staff report and any public testimony, and adopt the Resolution approving the Bamboo Farms, Inc. project as recommended by staff subject to the recommended conditions.