Meeting Name: Zoning Administrator Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/5/2022 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Planning and Building Department 3015 H St. Eureka, CA 95501
Regular Meeting - Virtual
Published agenda: Agenda (PDF) Agenda (PDF) Published minutes: Action Summary Action Summary  
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Attachments: Public Comment - Robie Tenorio - ZA -mezzrow farms 16621.pdf, Public Comment -Lee Dedini - 16621 Mezzrow - Specific questions to project,.pdf, Public Comment - Lee Dedini - Specific questions to project,.pdf, Public Comment - Lynn McCulloch - PLN-2020-16621 Gods Country.pdf, Public Comment - Lee Dedini - Old Arcata Road Rehabilitation and Pedestrian_Bikeway.pdf, Public Comment - David Buxbaum - Comments for Record Number PLN-2020-16621 hearing on May 5, 2022.pd, Public Comment - John Williams - Mezzrow Farms, Record Number PLN 2020-16621. May 5 hearing.pdf, Public Comment - Roxy Kennedy - Mezzrow Farms, Record Number PLN 2020-16621.pdf, Public Comment - Roxy Kennedy - Re_ Mezzrow Farms, Record Number PLN 2020-16621.pdf, Public Comment - Roxy Kennedy - Re_ Please do not approve Nava Ranch nor Mezzrow Farms Expansions.pd, Public comment - Lee Dedini - Mezzrow Farms, LLC; Record Number PLN-2020-16621.pdf
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13340 11. Zoning ItemCedar Farm West, LLC, Special Permits Record Number PLN-13340-SP (filed 12/30/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 317-055-001 Korbel Area Cedar Farm West, LLC is applying for a Special Permit for 9,000 sq. ft. of pre-existing outdoor cannabis cultivation and 900 sq. ft. of ancillary propagation area. The applicant is proposing greenhouses for light-deprivation methods without the use of supplemental lights. Historic cultivation areas will be relocated to a central location on the parcel with environmental superiority. Water will be sourced primarily from a stream diversion under Water Right Certificate H100570, and supplemental water will be sourced from an on-site well. A Special Permit is being requested in order to allow the use of the stream diversion for cannabis irrigation. Total annual water usage is estimated at 117,000 gallons per year (11.8 gal/sq. ft./yr.). There is currently a total of 105,000 gallons of water storage on-site, and the applicant is proposing to add a 150,000 gallon rainwater catchment pond. Portable toilets and hand washing stations will be availablapproved  Action details Not available
16621 13. Zoning ItemMezzrow Farms, LLC; Special Permit Record Number PLN-2020-16621 (filed 09/01/2020) Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN) 104-121-020, 104-281-004, and 104-311-020 Petrolia area. A Special Permit for 43,560 square feet (SF) of new outdoor cannabis cultivation, which occurs within twenty two (22) 2,000-SF greenhouses. Greenhouse (GH) 1 through 21 consist of 2,000 SF of cannabis cultivation; GH 22 consists of 1,560 SF of cannabis cultivation and 44 SF of agricultural storage. Propagation occurs in two (2) 3,500-SF nursery structures (7,000 SF total). Irrigation water is provided from a proposed 1.2-million-gallon rain catchment pond. Total estimated annual water use is 720,000 gallons (16.53 gallons/SF). Water storage would be provided in eight (8) 5,000-gallon hard plastic tanks (40,000-gallons). Drying and further processing occur onsite in two (2) 2,400-SF barns (4,800 SF total). The project requires up to ten (10) employees. PG&E or Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) provides electrical power.referred  Action details Not available
12546 12. Zoning ItemWinnetka Ranch, LLC, Special Permit Record Number PLN-12546-SP (filed 12/27/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 210-022-044 Larabee Valley area A Special Permit for 9,000 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cultivation and 900 SF of ancillary propagation. Irrigation water is currently sourced from a groundwater well; however, the applicant is proposing to switch to rainwater catchment by the end of 2022. Existing available water storage is 25,000 gallons in a series of hard-sided tanks with additional tanks proposed, for a total of 70,000 gallons of storage. Estimated annual water usage is 70,000 gallons. Drying occurs onsite, with all other processing occurring offsite at a licensed facility. Power is provided by a generator; however, there are long-term plans to switch to grid power and connect to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The Humboldt County Zoning Administrator will consider an Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration.approved  Action details Not available