Title
H.I.P. Farms, LLC, Special Permit
Record Number PLN-12063-SP
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 208-241-002.
Dinsmore area
A Special Permit for continued cultivation of 9,800 square feet (SF) outdoor cannabis. Ancillary propagation is proposed to occur in a 980-square-foot greenhouse. Irrigation water is sourced from a 250,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond, where all existing available water is stored. Processing including drying, occur within an existing 195-square-foot drying shed while trimming and packaging will occur in a proposed 2,400-square-foot commercial structure. Power is provided by solar with a backup generator for emergency use. The project involves relocation of a 1,440 SF historic cultivation area on slopes of up to 32-percent to an environmentally superior location on-site that has slopes ranging from 3-5-percent.
Recommendation
Find that the Zoning Administrator has considered the Addendum to the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Land Use Ordinance (CCMLUO) as described by Section §15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, make all of the required findings for approval of the Special Permit and adopt the Resolution approving the H.I.P. Farms, LLC, project as recommended by staff subject to the recommended conditions.