Title
Cut Creek Farms, LLC, Conditional Use Permit
Record Number PLN-12570-CUP
Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 218-091-009.
Garberville area
A Conditional Use Permit to allow 15,200 square feet (SF) of cannabis cultivation. Water for irrigation is sourced from an onsite 1,000,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. Water is stored in the pond and in three (3) 5,000-gallon hard plastic tanks and one (1) 2,800-gallon hard plastic tank. Total water storage is 1,017,800 gallons. Estimated annual water use is 314,690 gallons, which equates to 21 gallons per SF of cultivation area. Drying and packaging occurs onsite in a 1,280-SF shed. There is an average of four (4) employees utilized throughout the year with up to eight (8) employees during peak harvest. Power is provided to the site by PG&E.
Recommendation
Find that the Commission 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 the required findings for approval of the Conditional Use Permit and approve the Cut Creek Farms, LLC Conditional Use Permit as recommended by staff subject to the recommended conditions.