Meeting Name: Zoning Administrator Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/9/2020 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Planning and Building Department 3015 H St. Eureka, CA 95501
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20-846 11. Zoning ItemHWY 36 Homestead LLC, Special Permits Record Number PLN-12572-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number: 209-191-049 41600 State Highway 36, Dinsmore area A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet of existing outdoor medical cannabis cultivation. A Special Permit is also requested for two encroachments in the Streamside Management Area (SMA): a point of diversion from a spring onsite, used for irrigation and to facilitate onsite relocation and remediation within the SMA. The applicant is proposing to develop a groundwater well to replace the diverted water. The projected annual water usage is approximately 170,575 gallons. Water storage totals 33,000 gallons of rainwater catchment tanks in fourteen hard-sided tanks. The applicant is proposing to add 121,601 gallons water storage in hard-sided tanks for a total of 154,601 gallons of water storage. The projected annual water usage is approximately 170,575 gallons Drying will occur onsite and further processing will occur offsite at a licensed facility. An existing cabin onsite is proposed to be removed and replaced with new commercial building w   Action details Not available
20-845 12. Zoning ItemBridgeville 36, LLC, Special Permit Record Number PLN-12518-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number: 207-074-028-000 Bridgeville area An application for a Special Permit for the continued operation of an existing 10,000 square feet mixed-light commercial cannabis cultivation operation. Additionally, 1,500 of ancillary nursery space is proposed. Water for irrigation is sourced an approximately 900,000-gallon capacity off-stream rainwater catchment pond. Water storage also includes nine tanks with a combined capacity of 34,000 gallons. Anticipated water usage for irrigation needs total 82,000 gallons per annum. Drying is proposed to occur on-site. Trimming and other processing activities are proposed to occur either on-site or off-site at a licensed processing facility, however depending on market conditions, the applicant requests to reserve the opportunity to process on site in a commercially permitted building at a later date. There will be a maximum of three employees. Electricity is provided by PG&E with a back-up generator.   Action details Not available
20-843 14. Zoning ItemNext Green Generation, Inc. Special Permit Record Number PLN-12182-SP Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 217-101-002 and 217-101-017 197 Colony Road, Eel Rock area A Special Permit for 7,600 square feet of existing cannabis cultivation consisting of 5,150 square feet mixed light and 2,450 square feet outdoor cultivation areas within three greenhouses. Mixed light cultivation occurs in two greenhouses. Outdoor cultivation occurs in one 1,180-square-foot greenhouse and there is a 608-square-foot outdoor cultivation area. A 1,600-square-foot greenhouse will be used for propagation, which is located on APN 217-171-017. Cultivation activities extend all year with cultivation occurring from February to October and maintenance activities occurring during the late fall and winter months. Approximately 80,000 gallons of water are needed annually. Water for irrigation is provided by a well located on APN 217-101-017. There is 86,500 gallons of water storage in hard-sided tanks. An additional 15,000 gallons of hard-sided tank storage is proposed. Processing, including drying, curing and trimmin   Action details Not available
20-842 15. Zoning ItemHumboldt High Club, LLC, Zoning Clearance Certificate and Special Permit Record Number PLN-2018-15250 Assessor’s Parcel Number: 219-011-008 3506 Thomas Road, Miranda area A Zoning Clearance Certificate for 1,825 square feet of mixed light and 1,550 square feet of outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation supported by a Special Permit for minor site reconfiguration and a Special Permit for activity within a Streamside Management Area to restore decommissioned cultivation sites. The water source for the project is rain catchment. The total existing and proposed water storage capacity is 65,900 gallons. Water will be delivered to the cannabis plants via a metered drip irrigation system with timers. The applicant’s estimated annual water use is 45,947 gallons. The power source to the project will be Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) via the Solar Choice program. Harvested cannabis will be dried on site and will be taken off site for further processing. The project is family operated with no employees.   Action details Not available
20-841 16. Zoning ItemHumboldt County Department of Public Works Coastal Development Permit and Special Permit Application Number 15831 Case Number: PLN-2019-15831 Assessor Parcel Numbers 000-000-000 County Road Right of Way - Big Lagoon Area and Samoa area A Coastal Development Permit and Special Permit to install no parking signs along New Navy Base Road and Ocean View Drive which will implement County Ordinance No. 2578. Revisions to the Ordinance will be required to ensure that the Ordinance conforms to the Coastal Development Permit. On New Navy Base Road, No Parking and Restricted Parking would occur beginning at the northerly terminus of the Bureau of Land Management Samoa Dunes Recreation Area and ending at the intersection of New Navy Base Road and State Hwy. 255. There are nine (9) coastal access points identified in the Humboldt Bay Local Coastal Plan along this road segment where parking restrictions are proposed. Parking restrictions consist of zones that prohibit parking at all times and nine (9) zones that prohibit parking within the hours of 10 pm to 5 am. In addition, the County    Action details Not available
20-844 13. Zoning ItemRedcrest Organics, LLC Special Permits Record Number PLN-2020-16160 Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 209-291-001; 209-291-017; and 209-351-022 Redcrest area A Special Permit for one acre (43,560 square feet) of new cultivation. The site is also proposing to receive fifteen (15) Retirement, Restoration and Relocation (RRR) projects which will be processed under separate permits. Upon completion of the RRR permits, the total cultivation at full build-out will be 7.89 acres (343,560 square feet). The property has 40 acres of mapped prime agricultural soils. No propagation occurs on-site. All juvenile plants are sourced off-site from a licensed nursery and transported to the site. Dry farming techniques will be used. Water will be stored in a total of eight (8) 4,250 gallon plastic tanks to support the full cultivation. Water use for the proposed cultivation is estimated at 29,000 gallons for the season. Drying and processing occurs off-site. Estimated 40 workers at peak activity, with full-time manager living in RV on-site. A Special Permit is also requested to reduce the setback to Hu   Action details Not available
20-840 11. Zoning ItemRye Hoine, Special Permits Record Number PLN-12959-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number: 207-086-004 Bridgeville area A Special Permit (SP) for 10,000 square feet of existing cannabis cultivation consisting of 5,500 square feet of outdoor and 4,500 square feet of mixed light cultivation areas. Cultivation activities extend from May to November. The applicant is anticipating three cultivation cycles per year that will occur in three (3) 3,000-square-foot greenhouses. Propagation will occur in a 1,000-square-foot greenhouse, that will be temporarily used for two weeks in the summer season. Irrigation for the project will be sourced from a proposed onsite well. The applicant anticipates 288,889 gallons of water will be required annually. Water for irrigation will be stored in four (4) 2,500-gallon water tanks. Processing including drying and curing will occur in an 800-square-foot structure. Further processing will occur offsite at a third-party licensed processing facility. The applicant states there will be a maximum of four employees working onsite during peak of operations. Power is sourc   Action details Not available