Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/6/2020 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 825 Fifth Street Board of Supervisors Chambers Eureka, California
Regular Meeting
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20-154 11. Zoning ItemReview and approve the January 23, 2020 Planning Commission Action Summary.   Action details Not available
20-155 12. Zoning ItemOld Goat Farms, LLC Conditional Use Permit Application Number 11033 Case Numbers CUP 16-132 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 531-011-005 15112 Pine Creek Road, Weitchpec area Project Description: Old Goat Farms, LLC seeks a Conditional Use Permit (CUP-16-132) for an existing 30,000 square foot (SF) cannabis cultivation operation of which 22,000 SF is full-sun outdoor and 8,000 is mixed light in four (4) 2,000 SF deprivation greenhouses. Ancillary propagation occurs in a 1,680 SF greenhouse. Irrigation water is sourced from a permitted groundwater well. Existing available water storage is 23,450 gallons in nine (9) hard tanks and 13,800 gallons in three (3) hard tanks is proposed for a total of 37,250 gallons. Estimated annual water usage is 219,347 gallons (6.9 gal/SF). Drying and bucking occurs onsite and all other processing will occur off site at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Up to four (4) employees may be utilized during peak operations. Power is provided by an EPA rated Tier 4 diesel generator.   Action details Not available
20-156 13. Zoning ItemHumboldt Emerald Triangle, LLC, Conditional Use Permit and Coastal Development Permit Application Number 11065 Record Number CUP16-139 Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 308-131-012 and 308-131-020 2121 Table Bluff Road, Loleta area Project Description: This project is undergoing a change of use from a permitted commercial flower farm (Coastal Development Permit Case No. 80-P-5) to a commercial cannabis cultivation operation: A Conditional Use Permit and Coastal Development Permit for 28,656 square feet of existing mixed light and 9,800 square feet of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation and up to 206,000 gallons of water storage in above-ground tanks. Existing ancillary propagation space consists of 4,140.5. Water for cannabis cultivation irrigation and domestic use is sourced from an existing permitted groundwater well.   Action details Not available
20-157 14. Zoning ItemBorn & Raised, LLC, Conditional Use Permits Record Number PLN-13161-CUP Assessor’s Parcel Number 512-171-023-000 136 Wilson Lane, McKinleyville area Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit for 10,000 square foot (SF) new outdoor cannabis cultivation operation and a Conditional Use Permit for a 2,000 SF wholesale nursery that is proposed to utilize supplemental lighting. Irrigation and domestic water is sourced from the Fieldbrook Community Service District and administered via drip irrigation. Drying and all other processing will occur off site at a licensed third-party processing facility. Power is provided by PG&E.   Action details Not available
20-158 15. Zoning ItemRocci Costa, Conditional Use Permit Application Number:12176 Record Number: PLN-12176-CUP Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 516-211-025 1734 Warren Creek Rd, Blue Lake Area Project Description: Rocci Costa seeks approval of a Conditional Use Permit for 10,000 square feet of new outdoor cannabis cultivation, and a 1,000 square foot ancillary nursery on a parcel approximately 5 acres in size. The proposed project is for open air cultivation located within the Blue Lake Community Planning Area. The irrigation method is dry farming. The water source for the proposed 1,000 square feet nursery will be rainwater catchment. Processing would not occur onsite. The applicant will acquire no employees. The site is served by PG&E.   Action details Not available
20-159 16. Zoning ItemKamino, LLC Conditional Use Permit Record Number: PLN-2019-15835 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 201-311-016 604 St Hwy 36, Alton area Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit to expand upon the approved SP-16-503 project which consisted of 9,720 sf of commercial nursery and 9,720 sf of mixed light cultivation in the Hydesville-Carlotta Community Planning Area. The applicant proposes to convert the mixed light cultivation to commercial nursery space and to add 12,960 sf of greenhouse space to reach a total of 32,400 sf. All proposed activities would occur on less than 20% of the prime agricultural soils of the parcel. Water is sourced from a non-hydrologically connected well. Energy would be 100% renewable being sourced from RCEA Repower program with proposed installation of onsite solar. Staff would increase from 2 permanent employees and 10 temporary employees to 19 full-time employees.   Action details Not available
20-160 17. Zoning ItemBenbow Valley Farm Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Record Number: PLN-11421-CUP Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 033-170-013 Benbow area Project Description: A Conditional Use Permit for 11,430 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation contained within greenhouses. There is one 1,300-square-foot greenhouse that will be used for propagation. Water diverted for irrigation is stored in a 750,000-gallon offstream pond. Processing including drying, curing, and trimming occur onsite in an existing structure. No employees are required to meet operational needs. Electricity is sourced from a generator. The project includes a Special Permit for development within the Streamside Management Area (SMA) that would allow for use of a point of diversion in an unnamed water course that is a tributary to Milk Ranch Creek that is used for irrigation.   Action details Not available
20-161 18. Zoning ItemCounty of Humboldt General Plan Conformance Review Case Number PLN-2019-16113 Assessor’s Parcel Number 303-012-029 Ridgewood Area Project Description: A General Plan Conformance review for the County of Humboldt to purchase 197 acres of timberland near the Ridgewood residential neighborhood. This project represents Phase II of the McKay Community Forest and would expand the size of the publicly-owned forest by 20 percent, to nearly 1,200 acres. The project would protect headwaters areas and tributaries to Ryan Creek, a major tributary to Humboldt Bay and a regionally important coho salmon-bearing stream. The property will be managed for multiple purposes including public access and recreation, timber harvest, and watershed and resource conservation. It is expected that the McKay Community Forest Trail Plan will be adopted by the Board of Supervisors spring 2020.   Action details Not available