Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 3/1/2018 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 825 Fifth Street Board of Supervisors Chambers Eureka, California
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11908 11 Zoning ItemRobert Trell Messenger Conditional Use Permit Case Numbers CUP 16-442, SP 18-028 Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 221-211-014 and 221-221-032 3405 Ettersburg Honeydew Road, Ettersburg area A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for an existing 20,500 square foot (sf) outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation, and a Special Permit (SP) for development within a Streamside Management Area located on Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 221-211-014 & 221-221-032 which is approximately 46 acres in size. All water used for cultivation of cannabis is sourced on-site from a permitted diversion (1600-2016-0125-R1). Water is stored in 19 hard tanks (95,000 gallons), with 4 additional tanks proposed (20,000 gallons) for a total of 115,000 gallons of water storage capacity. The Applicant estimates 106,500 gallons of water use annually for cultivation. Irrigation is accomplished by use of drip lines. Occasional hand watering may be employed if needed. Per the Streambed Alteration Agreement, the Applicant has installed a water meter to document compliance with forbearance requirements. All cultivation activiapprovedPass Action details Not available
11909 12 Zoning ItemRobert Trell Messenger Conditional Use Permit Case Number CUP-16-443 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APNs) 220-031-010 2715 Ettersburg-Honeydew Road, Garberville area A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for an existing 14,000 square foot (sf) outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation operation located on Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 220-031-010, which is approximately 31.5 acres in size. Cultivation approval sought under this CUP includes two cultivation areas. The south cultivation area consists of 5,000 sf of outdoor cultivation; the north cultivation area consists of 9,000-sf of outdoor cultivation. Water for irrigation is sourced from an on-site, permitted well. Water storage consists of seven (7) 5,000-gallon hard storage tanks, one (1) 1,500-gallon hard storage tank and one (1) 350 gallon mixing tank for a total of 36,850 gallons of water storage capacity. The Applicant estimates 98,500 gallons of water use annually for cultivation. Irrigation is accomplished by use of drip lines. Occasional hand watering may be employed if needed. Cultivation operations occur from March to NovembeapprovedPass Action details Not available
10891 13 Zoning ItemRBC Holdings, LLC Conditional Use Permit Case Numbers CUP 16-749 Assessor’s Parcel Number(s) (APN) 522-044-047, 522-044-037 1008 M&W Road, Willow Creek area A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for an existing cultivation of 10,000 square feet of outdoor and 2,000 square feet of mixed-light cannabis cultivation (12,000 square feet total). Plants are harvested and dried in the shop, and then they are machine trimmed outside and returned to the shop for curing. All processing is completed by the applicant and no employees are utilized. The applicant is also seeking an off-site, licensed, processing facility for future use. Water is currently sourced for irrigation from the applicant's point of water diversion from Anton Creek on the property. The applicant will be abandoning the diversion from Anton Creek in 2018 and transitioning to the use of a rainwater catchment system to supply water to the cultivation for future use. There is also a well on the property that is not used due to its low volumetric capacity. The applicant has 25,000 gallons of hard tank storage and 50,000 gallons ofcontinuedPass Action details Not available
12251b 14 Zoning ItemEmerald Kid Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Case Numbers CUP 16-582; SP 16-460 Assessor Parcel Number 522-211-055 100 Stagecoach Lane, Willow Creek A Conditional Use Permit (CUP-I6-582) for 5,000 square feet of new mixed-light cannabis cultivation and a Special Permit (SP-16-460) for 1,600 square feet for indoor cultivation in an existing nonresidential structure. The water source would be the Willow Creek Community Services District and two hard plastic rainwater catchment tanks with a total capacity of 5,000 gallons. The projected water usage is approximately 276,000 gallons a year. Once dried on-site, the cannabis will be transported and processed off-site in a County-approved processing center. The applicant will have no additional employees. PG&E will provide service to the indoor cultivation and the applicant will purchase carbon offsets from Terrapass to meet the indoor cultivation requirements for renewable energy.approvedPass Action details Video Video
10264b 15 Zoning ItemLazy S Ranch, LLC Conditional Use Permit Case Number CUP 17-018 Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 033-130-002 and 033-130-007 2557 Blue Rock Road, Benbow Area A Conditional Use Permit for 37,010 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. Water for irrigation is sourced from a rainwater catchment system that captures rainwater from nearby existing and future structures. Water is stored in a series of four ponds with a total storage capacity of approximately 1,137,000 gallons, and nine hard tanks with a total capacity of 18,900 gallons. Projected water use is 241,000 gallons per growing season. Processing, drying, and curing of cannabis takes place in a 3,200-square-foot barn. The cannabis cultivation operation currently employs four full-time workers and four part-time workers. Solar panels (16 panels, 250 watts each) supply the power source for cultivation and processing activities.continuedPass Action details Not available
10508b 16 Zoning ItemInnovation West dba Panther Gap Farms Case Numbers CUPs16-030, 16-031, 17-021, 17-022, and 16-107 and SP 16-051 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APNs) 107-124-015, 107-235-008, 107-235-007, 107-236-011, 107-236-010, 107-234-012, 107-111-001 Honeydew Area Five Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) for existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation sites up to 1 acre in size per property, for a total of 5 acres (217,800 square feet) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation across 7 parcels totaling approximately 564 acres. The applicant has three cannabis project applications contained in this series of CUPs, and one contained in a pending Special Permit (SP), and proposes to lease the two permit applications proposed herein as CUP 17-021 and 17-022 to an assignee operator, in conformance with the 4-permit limit under the Humboldt County Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO Section 55.4.8.10). Water sources for the operation include four existing, permitted groundwater wells, located on properties identified as APN 107-234-012, APN 107-235-007, APN 107-235-008, and APN 107approvedPass Action details Not available