To: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
SUBJECT:
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Lassik Farms LLC appeal of the Planning Commission's conditional approval of a Conditional Use Permit to allow a 24,687 square foot existing commercial cannabis operation.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open the public hearing and receive the staff report, testimony by the appellant (applicant), and public; and
2. Close the public hearing; and
3. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 21-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds that the Board of Supervisors has considered the Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance that was prepared for the Lassik Farms LLC project); and
b. Finds that the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Appeal submitted by Lassik Farms LLC; and
d. Approves the Conditional Use Permit subject to the recommended conditions of approval.
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board to give notice of the decision to the appellant, the Planning and Building Department, and any other interested party.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The appellant has paid the fee associated with filing this appeal.
DISCUSSION:
Executive Summary
This is an appeal of the Humboldt County Planning Commission's Aug. 19, 2021, approval of the Lassik Farms LLC by a unanimous vote (Yes: Bongio, Mulder, Levy, Newman, O'Neill, Mitchell, McCavour). Lassik Farms is appealing the decision to add a condition of approval to the project for the requirement of 50% of the annual water demand to be developed from rainwater catchment. The Planning and Building Department supports the appeal.
The application is a Conditional Use Permit for an existing 24,687-square-foot outdoor cannabis cultivation operation of which 20,073 square feet (SF) is full-sun outdoor and 4,614 SF is outdoor in three ...
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