File #: 21-575    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 4/29/2021 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 5/6/2021 Final action: 5/6/2021
Title: Dave Thomas, Special Permit Record Number PLN-11751-SP Assessor's Parcel Number: 221-121-013. Honeydew area A Special Permit for an existing 5,925-square-foot full-sun outdoor cannabis cultivation operation. No ancillary propagation occurs onsite. Irrigation water is sourced from an existing 280,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond on the landowner/applicant's adjoining parcel (APN 221-121-001) to the north. Estimated annual water usage is 66,500. Drying and bucking occurs onsite and all other processing will occur offsite at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Power is provided by solar panels with a small generator backup to provide ancillary power and/or charge battery storage, if necessary. The proposed project also includes additional Special Permits for relocation and restoration of a previously used cultivation site that was located within the Streamside Management Area (SMA), and for a reduced setback to adjacent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.
Attachments: 1. PLN-11751-SP Dave Thomas Staff Report 5.6.21.pdf, 2. Attachment 3A 11751 SMP 3.13.20.pdf, 3. Attachment 3B 11751_WRPP.pdf

Title

Dave Thomas, Special Permit

Record Number PLN-11751-SP

Assessor’s Parcel Number: 221-121-013.

Honeydew area

 

A Special Permit for an existing 5,925-square-foot full-sun outdoor cannabis cultivation operation. No ancillary propagation occurs onsite. Irrigation water is sourced from an existing 280,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond on the landowner/applicant’s adjoining parcel (APN 221-121-001) to the north. Estimated annual water usage is 66,500. Drying and bucking occurs onsite and all other processing will occur offsite at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Power is provided by solar panels with a small generator backup to provide ancillary power and/or charge battery storage, if necessary. The proposed project also includes additional Special Permits for relocation and restoration of a previously used cultivation site that was located within the Streamside Management Area (SMA), and for a reduced setback to adjacent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.

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 Permits and adopt the Resolution approving the David Thomas project as recommended by staff subject to the recommended conditions.