Title
Brannan Mountain Farms, LLC, Conditional Use Permit
Application Number PLN-11050-CUP
Assessor’s Parcel Number 522-211-051-000
741 Brannan Mountain Road, Willow Creek area
A Conditional Use Permit for an existing 12,268 square-foot (sf) commercial medical cannabis cultivation operation consisting of an 8,788-square-foot (sf) outdoor cultivation area and a 3,480 sf mixed-light cultivation area. Outdoor cultivation is divided into four separate areas and one existing greenhouse that was demolished for replacement. The mixed light cultivation area is contained within 2 existing greenhouses and the Applicant proposes to reconfigure into five greenhouses total. Also, a Special Permit to allow a cultivation area setback of less than 600-feet from public lands used and managed for open space/wildlife habitat for the adjacent National Forest lands north of the property. Portions of Cultivation Areas 2, 3 and 4 encroach into the 30-foot setback from the eastern property line; consequently, the Applicant proposes to grow a non-cannabis crop within the setback. The applicant will relocate an existing cultivation area, existing greenhouse, and a proposed greenhouse that encroach into the 30-foot setback from the northern property boundary. The Applicant proposes two ancillary propagation areas: 1) a 4,300-square-foot outdoor area; and 2) an indoor propagation area to be located inside a proposed 1,200-square-foot processing building. In addition to the indoor propagation area, the proposed processing building will house a drying room, a trimming room, and an ADA-compliant bathroom. Annual projected water use is 396,000 gallons (1.22 acre-feet) and is sourced from the Willow Creek Community Service District. Water storage capacity on the property is 5,000 gallons in two 2,500-gallon hard-sided tanks, one of which is available for fire protection use only. Power for the cultivation operations is provided by four generators: 2 for supplemental lighting in greenhouses, 1 for water pumps, and 1 for backup. Fertilizers, soil amendments, and pesticides are secured on-site in a metal shipping container.
Recommendation
Find that the Planning 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 Brannan Mountain Farms, LLC Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions.