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Meeting date/time:
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4/21/2022
10:00 AM
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Final
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Meeting location:
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Planning and Building Department
3015 H St.
Eureka, CA 95501
Regular Meeting - Virtual
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12260
| 1 | 1. | | Zoning Item | New Earth Farms, LLC: Special Permit (2)
Record Number PLN-12260-CUP (filed 12/22/2016)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 524-072-010.
Willow Creek area
A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet (SF) of existing mixed light cultivation with 1,000 SF of ancillary propagation. Irrigation water will be sourced from rainwater catchment. Estimated annual water usage is currently 150,000 gallons. Water storage will total 247,500 gallons. Processing will occur in a proposed 2,500-square-foot structure. Power will be provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and a generator for emergency purposes only. A Special Permit is also requested to reduce the required 600-foot setback from Public Lands. The Humboldt County Zoning Administrator will consider an Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration. | approved | |
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11668
| 1 | 3. | | Zoning Item | Ronald Sherr: Special Permit
Record Number PLN-11668-SP (filed 12/06/2016)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 218-071-005.
New Harris Area
The applicant is seeking a Special Permit for an existing 9,446 square feet of cannabis cultivation and a Special Permit for restoration work in a Streamside Management Area (SMA). Irrigation for cultivation is provided by one (1) rainwater catchment pond. There are 676,000 gallons of water storage for the project, and the applicant expects water use to total 250,000 gallons annually. Power is supplied by solar and wind power. The applicant proposes to process cannabis on site | approved | |
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16840
| 1 | 6. | | Zoning Item | Bell: CDP/CUP/SP Modifications and Notice of Merger
Record Number PLN-2020-16840 (filed 12/3/2020)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 109-351-061
Shelter Cove Area
A Modification to a previously issued Coastal Development Permit, Conditional Use Permit, and Special Permit (CDP-46-90/CUP-35-90/SP-44-90) to authorize the after-the-fact permitting of the following development: 1) Construction of a 120 square foot garden shed, 2) Construction of a 15 square foot concrete pad for the installation of a generator, 3) Construction of a 2-inch deep, quarter inch-wide underground coaxial cable, 4) Addition of 192 square foot extension of an existing deck and two staircases on either side of the deck on the western side of the existing residence, 5) repair of existing 45'' fence on the eastside of the residence using existing footings 6) Removal of 11 dead/dying trees (<12'' DBH) within 30-feet of a residence. All of the work was completed prior to County review. The parcel is developed with an existing single-family residence, gravel driveway and served community water and sewer by the Shelt | approved | |
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17171
| 1 | 7. | | Zoning Item | Humboldt Spirit, Inc.: Special Permit
Record Number PLN-2021-17171 (filed 04/23/2021)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 220-071-028.
Garberville area
The applicant is seeking a Special Permit for 22,000 SF of new outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation, in addition to PLN-11905-ZCC which is an approved permit for 4,000 SF of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation and 6,000 SF of existing mixed-light cultivation. The combined projects will total 32,000 SF of commercial cannabis cultivation. The project is supported by 1,700 square feet of existing propagation space and an additional 1,500 square feet of propagation space is proposed for a total of 3,200 square feet of propagation space. Water for irrigation is sourced from an existing rainwater catchment system and the new cultivation will utilize a proposed 1,000,000-gallon rainwater catchment pond. Until such time the proposed pond can be constructed, the applicant will utilize a 930,626-gallon rainwater catchment pond on the adjacent parcel under the same ownership (APN 222-071-030). The projected annual water usage fo | continued | |
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13340
| 1 | 8. | | Zoning Item | Cedar 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 availabl | continued | |
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12615
| 1 | 10. | | Zoning Item | Vesuvio Gardens: Special Permit (4) Notice of Merger
Record Number PLN-12615-SP (filed 12/28/2016)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 220-161-017
Whitethorn Area
A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet of existing light-deprivation outdoor cannabis cultivation and 1,000 square feet of ancillary propagation space, a Special Permit for a setback reduction to public lands, a Special Permit for work in a Streamside Management Area (SMA), a Special Permit for the ongoing use and maintenance of a point of diversion (POD) within an SMA used for irrigation, and a Notice of Merger of two parcels of approximately 10.7 and 4.3 acres, to result in one parcel of approximately 15 acres. Propagation space totals 1,000 square feet. Water for irrigation will be provided by a POD from an onsite spring. Water storage onsite totals 80,000 gallons occurring in one (1) 30,000-gallon tank and ten (10) 5,000-gallon tanks. The applicant anticipates 100,000 gallons of water will be required annually for irrigation. The applicant has been conditioned to obtain additional hard tank storage to meet projected i | approved | |
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12651
| 1 | 2. | | Zoning Item | Mayers Flat Farm, LLC: Special Permit
Record Number PLN-12651-SP (filed 12/28/2016)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 211-372-006
Myers Flat Area
A Special Permit to expand an existing 8,750-square-foot (SF) cannabis cultivation operation consisting of two light-deprivation greenhouses to 41,300 SF of outdoor cultivation in 11 light-deprivation greenhouses. Ancillary propagation would occur also expand to 3,900-SF consisting of a 3,360-SF propagation area and within an existing 840-SF greenhouse. Water is sourced from a 350,000-gallon onsite rainwater catchment pond with excess flows would be pumped to a collection of 40,000 gallons of proposed tank storage. A point of diversion (POD) and groundwater well are used for domestic purposes. Water usage is estimated to require 379,444 gallons for irrigation, per growing season, at full buildout (9.2 gallons/SF/year), with an additional 18,250-gallons used domestically. Existing water storage of 364,100 gallons would be expanded to 404,100 gallons at full buildout. Drying of cannabis would continue onsite in an existing outbuilding us | continued | |
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16114
| 1 | 4. | | Zoning Item | Salmon Creek High Grade LLC: Modification to Special Permit
Record Number PLN-2019-16114 (filed 12/30/2019)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 219-011-009
Miranda Area
A Modification to a Special permit for 10,000 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis and 1,824 square foot ancillary nursery previously approved under record number PLN-12482-SP. The modification adds an additional 1,350 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation increasing the total to 11,350 which will be comprised of 4,599 square feet of light deprivation for two harvest cycles and 6,751 of full sun for one harvest cycle. The water budget is increasing from 44,000 gallons annually to 120,00 gallons annually to correct an error in the original estimation. The change in water budget will be met through the addition of rainwater catchment. The modification includes reconfiguration of outdoor cultivation areas consistent with the operations plan. Water storage is also increasing from 75,000 gallons to 155,200 gallons which includes 75,200 gallons of rainwater catchment tanks. O | approved | |
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16475
| 1 | 5. | | Zoning Item | Organic Humboldt, LLC: Special Permit and Zoning Clearance Certificate
Record Number PLN-2020-16475 (filed 06/26/2020)
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 205-231-029
Scotia area
The applicant is seeking a Special Permit for 43,560 square feet of new outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation and a Zoning Clearance Certificate for 13,500 square feet of existing outdoor cultivation being relocated to the subject parcel under the RRR program. Total cultivation on the parcel totals 57,060 square feet of outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Light depravation techniques may be utilized to achieve two harvests annually. The project will be supported by 5,706 square feet of propagation space. The applicant will implement dry farming practices, although supplemental irrigation water will be sourced from the existing rainwater catchment system. The projected annual water usage is estimated to be 20,000 gallons and the existing water storage totals 50,000 gallons. All processing will occur offsite at a licensed third-party processing facility. Energy for the operation will be supplied by the exis | referred | |
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15298
| 1 | 9. | | Zoning Item | Rosen Rusinov: Special Permit
Record Number PLN-15298-CUP (filed 12/31/2018)
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 107-136-005.
Honeydew Area
A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. The operation will achieve up to two harvest cycles with the use of light deprivation methods. Propagation is on-site in a 1,000 sf nursery area within a proposed cultivation greenhouse. Irrigation water is sourced from a proposed rainwater catchment system. Estimated annual water use is 70,000 gallons due to an irrigation practice of watering every other to every third day. Proposed water storage totals 70,600 gallons in fourteen (14) five-thousand-gallon hard tanks and two (2) three hundred gallon hard tanks. Up to 10 workers are estimated to be on-site during peak operations, in addition to the residents. Drying, curing and processing is proposed on-site in a building that will be constructed to meet commercial building standards. The applicant is proposing a solar array to provide for energy needs with generators as a backup energy source. | approved | |
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