Title
Organic Medicinals, Inc., Special Permit and Zoning Clearance Certificate
Record Number: PLN-2019-15602
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 209-191-018
125 Shively Flat Road, Shively area
A Special Permit for 33,560 square feet of new outdoor cannabis cultivation. A previous permit (Apps #12134) approved 10,000 square feet on the parcel. This application brings the total permitted cultivation area up to one (1) acre. The site will also host up to nine (9) RRR sites for an additional 180,000 square feet. At full build-out total cultivation will be 223,560 square feet (5.13 acres). All cultivation is full-sun outdoor and dry farmed in native soil. No irrigation water is used in cultivation. Ancillary propagation will occur in temporary hoophouses. The applicant is also seeking a Zoning Clearance Certificate for a 10,000 square foot commercial nursery that will provide starts for use on-site. In the future, the nursery may provide starts and seeds for pickup to be sold at a licensed offsite location. No supplemental lighting is used. Water use for the entire nursery area is approximately 20,000 gallons. The water source is rainwater catchment and a permitted groundwater well. Water storage totals 8,000 gallons. Drying will occur in the propagation area. Processing will occur offsite. Power to the site is 100% renewable energy from grid power, with solar panels on-site to supplement. There will be twenty (20) workers onsite at peak harvest.
Recommendation
Find that the Zoning Administrator has considered the Addendum to the Environmental Impact Report for the Commercial Cannabis 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 and Zoning Clearance Certificate based on evidence in the staff report, and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed Organic Medicinals, Inc., project subject to the recommended conditions.