Title
Redcrest Organics, LLC Special Permits
Record Number PLN-2020-16160
Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 209-291-001; 209-291-017; and 209-351-022
Redcrest area
A Special Permit for one acre (43,560 square feet) of new cultivation. The site is also proposing to receive fifteen (15) Retirement, Restoration and Relocation (RRR) projects which will be processed under separate permits. Upon completion of the RRR permits, the total cultivation at full build-out will be 7.89 acres (343,560 square feet). The property has 40 acres of mapped prime agricultural soils. No propagation occurs on-site. All juvenile plants are sourced off-site from a licensed nursery and transported to the site. Dry farming techniques will be used. Water will be stored in a total of eight (8) 4,250 gallon plastic tanks to support the full cultivation. Water use for the proposed cultivation is estimated at 29,000 gallons for the season. Drying and processing occurs off-site. Estimated 40 workers at peak activity, with full-time manager living in RV on-site. A Special Permit is also requested to reduce the setback to Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
Recommendation
Find that the Zoning Administrator has considered the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CCLUO) 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 Redcrest Organics, LLC project subject to the recommended conditions.