To: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
SUBJECT:
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Rocci Costa Conditional Use Permit Modification to Allow 10,000 Square Feet of Full-Sun Outdoor Dry-Farmed Cannabis Cultivation in the Blue Lake Community Plan Area
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open the public hearing and receive the staff report, testimony by the applicant/ appellant and public;
2. Close the public hearing;
3. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 21-__). (Attachment 1a) which does the following:
a. Finds that the Board has considered the addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration adopted for the CMMLUO prepared for the Rocci Costa project;
b. Finds that the proposed modification consistent with the Humboldt County Zoning Ordinance and General Plan; and
c. Approves the Conditional Use Permit Modification.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Applicant funds.
DISCUSSION:
Executive Summary
This is a modification to a Conditional Use Permit approved to allow relocation of 10,000 square feet of new cannabis cultivation out of the Blue Lake Community Plan area as part of the Retirement, Remediation and Relocation (RRR) program. This request would modify the permit to allow cultivation on the project site at the end of Warren Creek Road within the Blue Lake Community Planning Area. The approval to relocate the cannabis to another site was a compromise solution between the applicant and neighborhood. Unfortunately, the applicant has not been able to locate and secure a location whereupon to transfer the cultivation. The applicant requests consideration of their original permit which was on appeal to the Board of Supervisors.
Project Description
The project would consist of 10,000 square feet of new open-air outdoor cannabis cultivation, and a 1,000 square foot ancillary nursery on a 5-acre parcel. Existing improvements on the parcel include a garage, a house slab, and ...
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