File #: 12221    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Continued
File created: 9/30/2021 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 10/7/2021 Final action:
Title: Miller Creek Farms, Special Permits Record Number PLN-12221-SP Assessor's Parcel Number: 220-271-008 Whitethorn area A Special Permit for an existing 4,350 square feet (SF) of outdoor cannabis cultivation. Irrigation water is sourced from spring and creek diversions. Estimated annual water usage is 14,000 gallons. Existing available water storage is 26,500 gallons. Drying and curing occurs onsite with all other processing currently occurring offsite at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility, although onsite processing is anticipated at a future date. Power is provided by solar and a portable generator, with plans to add more solar onsite in the future or connect to PG&E, if available. Special Permits are also requested for development in the Streamside Management Area (SMA) related to continued use of the point of diversions and fish passage upgrades.
Attachments: 1. 12221 Miller Creek Farms Staff Report 10.7.21.pdf, 2. Attachment 3A 12221 Site Management Plan 01.23.2020.pdf, 3. Attachment 3B 12221 WRPP 03.02.2017.pdf, 4. Attachment 3C 12221 LSAA 05.22.2018.pdf

Title

Miller Creek Farms, Special Permits

Record Number PLN-12221-SP

Assessor’s Parcel Number: 220-271-008

Whitethorn area

 

A Special Permit for an existing 4,350 square feet (SF) of outdoor cannabis cultivation. Irrigation water is sourced from spring and creek diversions. Estimated annual water usage is 14,000 gallons. Existing available water storage is 26,500 gallons. Drying and curing occurs onsite with all other processing currently occurring offsite at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility, although onsite processing is anticipated at a future date. Power is provided by solar and a portable generator, with plans to add more solar onsite in the future or connect to PG&E, if available. Special Permits are also requested for development in the Streamside Management Area (SMA) related to continued use of the point of diversions and fish passage upgrades.

Recommendation

Adopt the Resolution to 1) 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, 2) make all of the required findings for approval of the Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permits and 3) approve the Miller Creek Farms project as recommended by staff subject to the recommended conditions.