Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/15/2018 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 825 Fifth Street Board of Supervisors Chambers Eureka, California
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12043 11 Zoning ItemSilk Ranch Cooperative Inc. - Conditional Use Permit Application Number: 12043 Case Number: CUP-16-515 Assessor Parcel Number: 223-111-006 1710 Wade Road, Garberville area A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to authorize 24,000 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor medical cannabis cultivation. Processing (i.e., drying) the harvested cannabis will be conducted in a 1,600 SF permitted metal building. There will be an average of 6 employees. Power will be supplied by a 45-kilowatt (kW) ultra-silent MQ diesel generator. The applicant will begin the permitting process for a 20-kw solar system upon approval of this CUP. Water is provided by wells and a rainwater catchment pond. The total available water storage on the project site will be approximately 2,042,650 gallons stored in tanks and a large pond. All plants will be irrigated by a drip system and supplemented by hand watering. Water use will vary throughout the year with peak usage occurring during summer months and would total approximately 108,000 gallons annually. Domestic water will be provided by the existing permitted wellapprovedPass Action details Not available
11114 12 Zoning ItemEmerald Essence, Inc., Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Application Number: 11114 Case Number: CUP 16-153 Assessor’s Parcel Number: 211-373-033 On the South of Dyerville Loop Road, 2.66 miles southeast from the intersection of Elk Creek Road and Dyerville Loop, Myers Flat Area A Conditional Use Permit for 34,776 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation, 3,000 SF of existing mixed light cultivation, a 2,000 SF nursery, and a new 2,800 SF processing facility on Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 211-373-033, a parcel of 40 acres in size. A Special Permit for streamside management area (SMA) encroachment is also sought for the installation of a 100,000 gallon steel water tank and remediation of two riparian areas. Electricity is provided by gas powered generators. Up to four employees are anticipated on site during peak periods and will live off site. Portable toilets with hand washing stations will be used until a new onsite waste water treatment system can be permitted and installed to support the new facility. Irrigation water is diverted from a spring bapprovedPass Action details Not available
11236 13 Zoning ItemAloha Humboldt, Inc. Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Application Number 11236 Case Number CUP-16-194 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 524-115-005 A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow approximately 27,175 square feet (sf) of existing outdoor medical cannabis cultivation in both open air and greenhouses on prpoperty zoned Timberland Production (TPZ), and a Special Permit (SP) for a public lands setback reduction. The proposed project parcel is approximatly 141 acres in area and is bounded by the United States Forest Service Six Rivers National Forest to the east and west, and two equally sized private parcels to the north and south. Water is sourced from a rainwater catchment system and two springs that supply the estimated 134,100 gallons needed for annual irrigation. Water is stored in 31 existing hard tanks and one water bladder totaling 87,750 gallons. The water bladder will be removed and replaced, and the applicant proposes to add additional water storage for a total of 127,750 gallons. Currently, water use varies throughout the year with peak usage duringapprovedPass Action details Not available
11754B 14 Zoning ItemH36P, LLC, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Record Number: PLN-11754-CUP Assessor’s Parcel Number (APNs): 201-322-012 Highway 36, Alton area Conditional Use Permits and a Special Permit for the development and operation of a new commercial cannabis dispensary, distribution facility and wholesale/retail cannabis nursery, and a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the provisions of Qualified (Q) combining zone, Area 6, adopted as Ordinance No 1689 on May 28, 1985, and as amended by Ordinance No 1784 on December 16, 1986. A commercial cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and processing facility on the site was approved by the Planning Commission at its meeting of November 1, 2018. At full build out the total size of the proposed project will be approximately 47,500 sf (1.09 acre), which would comprise approximately 20 percent of the 5.4-acre project site. Staffing at peak operation would be 37 employees. The distribution facility would occur as part of the overall operation and does not involve additional devoted square footage, and the nursery would be leased separately approvedPass Action details Not available
11034 15 Zoning ItemSVK Consulting, Inc., Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Application Number: 11034 Case Number: CUP-16-133, SP-18-011 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APNs): 210-074-001 and 210-063-002 (comprise one legal parcel) Located in the Bridgeville area A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the SVK Consulting, Inc. Medical Cannabis Cultivation Project (proposed project) consisting of approximately 35,406 square feet (sf) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation and a Special Permit (SP) for a public lands setback reduction. The proposed project is located on a 142.5 acre parcel (project site) in an area zoned Timberland Production (TPZ). Water is sourced from two permitted on-site wells that supply the estimated 222,750 gallons of water needed for annual irrigation. Water is stored in twenty-three existing hard tanks totaling 137,500 gallons, and in an existing pond on an adjacent parcel (APN#210-063-002) with 250,000 gallons. The pond is for fire and emergency use only. Currently, water use varies throughout the year with peak usage during June, July, and August, water use in gallonapproved as amendedPass Action details Video Video
18-1430 16 Special PresentationSea Level Rise Policy Background Study - Planning Commission Workshop Case Numbers: N/A Assessor Parcel Number: N/A Humboldt Bay Area Plan planning area Planning Commission Sea Level Rise Policy Background Study Workshop   Action details Not available
10741 17 Zoning ItemHumboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District Application Number 10741 Case Numbers: CDP-16-049/CUP-16-062 Assessor Parcel Numbers 401-112-021 364 Vance Avenue, Samoa area A Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit to allow for interim uses on property zoned Coastal Dependent Industrial. The project would permit aquaculture, coastal-dependent, coastal-related, heavy industrial, research/light industrial, and other uses allowed under the newly adopted interim use provisions of the Humboldt Bay Area Plan. The proposed interim uses would occupy existing buildings/structures and utilize existing infrastructure at HBHRCD’s Redwood Marine Terminal II (RMT II) facility (formerly the L-P Pulp Mill Site). The project application includes Plan of Operation Reports for 17 business tenants, two (2) coastal-dependent (aquaculture), one (1) coastal-related (sea salt manufacturing), and 14 interim non-coastal dependent uses (research/light industrial and warehousing, storage and distribution). A maximum term of seven (7) years for non-coastal dependent industrcontinuedPass Action details Video Video
11374b 18 Zoning ItemHogwash Pharms, LLC Application Number: 11374 CaseNumber: SP-16-214 Assessor’s Parcel Number: 220-292-009 4741 Blue Slide Creek Rd, Whitethorne area A Special Permit is requested for an existing 7,296 square feet of outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. No supplemental light is used in the operation. The water source comes from the adjacent parcel on APN 220-292-013. The applicant estimates 60,425 gallons of water is required annual for irrigation. The water storage capacity on site is 62,500 gallons in one bladder and five hard-sided tanks. Drying will be performed on an adjacent parcel owned by the applicant, APN: 220-292-012, with all other processing done by a third party. An existing 160 square-foot shipping container is used for materials storage. There will be no employees; all cultivation activities will be performed by the two operators and three collective members. Restroom facilities will be provided by portable toilet facilities.approvedPass Action details Video Video
18-1499 19 Informational ReportPlanning Commission role in initiating Permit Revocation Proceedings   Action details Video Video