Title
Barn Cat Farm, LLC Special Permit
Record Number: PLN-11893-SP
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 522-044-039
3400 Brannan Mountain Road, Willow Creek Area
Project Description: A Special Permit for 8,482 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. There will be a maximum of three cultivation cycles annually. The proposed project includes relocation of two historic cultivation sites. The applicant estimates 182,847 gallons of water is required annually. Water for irrigation is sourced from a class II spring diversion and rainwater catchment from an ag building and a proposed rainwater catchment pond. An additional Special Permit is sought for stream channel restoration and decommissioning the point of diversion. Total water storage for irrigation will be 228,750 gallons. The proposed project includes relocation of the historic cultivation area to an environmentally superior location on the subject parcel. Processing will occur in an existing 750 square foot ‘Ag Building’ where cannabis is dried and then boxed and moved across the site to a proposed 320 square foot, two story processing building. The applicant anticipates the need for four employees to handle operations onsite. Power for the project is provided by a large propane generator and Honda generators.
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 Barn Cat Farm, LLC, project without the proposed new processing building, subject to the recommended conditions.