Title
Mattole Valley Organics; Special Permit
Record Number PLN-2020-16411
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 107-091-003
905 Lindley Road, Honeydew area
A Special Permit to expand an existing permitted 10,000 square foot outdoor operation up to 43,560 square feet (1 acre). New cultivation will be full-term outdoor. A 1,900 square foot nursery greenhouse provides seeds and clones. Irrigation water source is rainwater catchment. Water storage totals 225,800 gallons in three large metal tanks with gutters and twenty-one hard-sided tanks plumbed to the barn. Estimated annual water use is 180,000 gallons. Drying will occur in the existing 30’ x 60’ barn. Processing will occur off-site. Four workers are needed for peak operations. The power source is a 7kw solar array, proposed P.G.&E. service, and a backup generator. No drying of the full-term cannabis can occur until P.G.&E. service is connected.
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 based on evidence in the staff report, and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed Mattole Valley Organics project subject to the recommended conditions.