File #: 20-986    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 7/30/2020 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 8/6/2020 Final action:
Title: Tara McKnight; Special Permit Record Number PLN-13157-SP; Assessor's Parcel Number: 108-151-021 Whitethorn area A Zoning Clearance Certificate for 4,140 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Cultivation activities extend from April to October. There will be two harvests annually. Water for irrigation is sourced from a proposed well. There is 18,000 gallons of water storage in a series of hard-sided tanks. The applicant proposes to install a 5,000-gallon water tank for fire protection. Annual water usage totals 49,686 gallons. Processing including drying, curing and trimming, will occur onsite in an existing 1,600-square-foot shed. There will be a maximum of 3 employees on-site during peak operations. Energy source is proposed solar to discontinue use of generators. The proposed project includes a Special Permit to reduce the required 600-foot setback from public lands owned by the Bureau of Land Management.
Attachments: 1. PLN-13157-SP Staff Report.pdf, 2. Attachment 4.A 13157 Cult Ops 12.28.18.pdf, 3. Attachment 4.B Timberland Conversion Evaluation Report_App #13157.pdf, 4. Attachment 4.C 13157 Road Evaluation 01.08.2019.pdf

Title

Tara McKnight; Special Permit

Record Number PLN-13157-SP;

Assessor’s Parcel Number: 108-151-021

Whitethorn area

 

A Zoning Clearance Certificate for 4,140 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Cultivation activities extend from April to October. There will be two harvests annually. Water for irrigation is sourced from a proposed well. There is 18,000 gallons of water storage in a series of hard-sided tanks. The applicant proposes to install a 5,000-gallon water tank for fire protection. Annual water usage totals 49,686 gallons. Processing including drying, curing and trimming, will occur onsite in an existing 1,600-square-foot shed. There will be a maximum of 3 employees on-site during peak operations. Energy source is proposed solar to discontinue use of generators. The proposed project includes a Special Permit to reduce the required 600-foot setback from public lands owned by the Bureau of Land Management.

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 and Zoning Clearance Certificate based on evidence in the staff report and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed Tara McKnight project subject to the recommended conditions.