File #: 22-319    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/10/2022 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 3/22/2022 Final action: 3/22/2022
Title: Thomas Crandall Appeal of the Planning Commission Decision Approving Ambiguity Farm, LLC Conditional Use Permit PLN-12812-CUP for 43,560 Square Feet of Commercial Cannabis
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. 1- 17620 Draft Resolution.pdf, 3. 2- 17620 Appeal.pdf, 4. 3 - PC Staff Report and Attachments.pdf, 5. 4- PC Resolution 22-012_Ambiguity Farms_12812.pdf, 6. 5- Public Comment submitted to PC.pdf, 7. 6- tooby court findings.pdf, 8. 7 - Settlement agreement final.pdf, 9. 8 - WAC Minutes 12.16.15.pdf, 10. Crandall Letter to BOS 3.14.22.pdf, 11. Resolution 22-42.pdf

To: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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Thomas Crandall Appeal of the Planning Commission Decision Approving Ambiguity Farm, LLC Conditional Use Permit PLN-12812-CUP for 43,560 Square Feet of Commercial Cannabis
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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, testimony from the applicant, and testimony from the public; and
2. Close the public hearing; and
3. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 22-__). (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 Ambiguity Farm LLC project); and
b. Finds that the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Denies the appeal submitted by Thomas Crandall; 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 Jan. 20, 2022, approval of the Ambiguity Farm LLC Conditional Use Permit by a unanimous vote (YES: Mitchell, Levy, Mulder, O'Neill, Newman, McCavour, Bongio). Thomas Crandall is appealing the decision, citing the project is not in compliance with the Williamson Act Contract on the property. The Planning and Building Department does not support the appeal.

Project Information
In December, 2016 an application under the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO) was submitted by Ambiguity Farms, LLC for a conditional use perm...

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