Meeting Name: Zoning Administrator Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/3/2020 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Planning and Building Department 3015 H St. Eureka, CA 95501
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20-1549 11. Zoning ItemNoah Robinson, Variance 39820 State Highway 96, Orleans area Record Number PLN-2020-16525 Assessor’s Parcel Number: 529-221-049 A Variance to allow a 20’ setback from the center line of an ingress/egress easement to facilitate the construction of a new, detached, 2,000-square foot (1,040-square foot ground floor; 936-square foot attic) accessory “shop” building; plus, a 520-square foot covered outdoor space. The proposed accessory “shop” building will be used to house landscaping equipment utilized in the applicant’s home-based landscaping business. Pursuant to Section 312-17.2, the applicant has made the required findings for a Variance.approved  Action details Not available
20-1554 16. Zoning ItemResource Utilization Company Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit, Reclamation Plan Renewal Record Number PLN-2018-15020 (CUP-02-31X/SMP-02-03X/RP-02-03X) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 529-131-011 Orleans Area. Renewal of a 15-year permit term for a previously approved rock quarry surface mining operation approved in 2003 allowing the quarry to extract, process and stockpile material for a period of 15 years. The project involves a Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit, Reclamation Plan, and review of financial assurance cost estimates for a surface mining operation involving an upland rock quarry with a proposed total extraction of 300,000 cubic yards (cy) of aggregate material over an expected life of 15 years. Up to 50,000 cy of sand and gravel would be extracted per year. The operation would involve extracting aggregate from the quarry, separating it and then stockpiling it onsite. Usable rock product consists of moderately to loosely consolidated sand and gravel with cobble materials of primarily 8” diameter or less. The quarry operations would involve excontinued  Action details Not available
20-1550 12. Zoning ItemRedwood Empire, Special Permit Record Number PLN-2019-16076 Assessor’s Parcel Number: 223-022-002 New Harris area A Special Permit for 10,000-square-feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Propagation will occur in one 1,000-square-foot greenhouse. Drying and curing, will occur onsite inside of a proposed 800-square-foot agricultural accessory structure. Processing, such as trimming, will occur offsite at a licensed processing facility. Water for the project will be sourced from a proposed well. The applicant anticipates a maximum of 75,000 gallons of water will be required for irrigation annually. There will be 9,000 gallons of water storage. Power for the project will be provided by a solar generator that will supply less than 20% of cannabis related activities. The applicant will also be utilizing solar pumps and solar fans in order to reduce the amount of generator usage.approved  Action details Not available
20-1551 13. Zoning ItemHomestead Collective Weed Company, LLC; Record Number PLN-12237-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number: 217-401-011 5576 Homestead Road, Blocksburg area A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. The applicant projects one cultivation cycle per year. Water for irrigation is sourced from an existing onstream pond and one point of diversion from an unnamed spring. Annual water use is 107,000 gallons. Water storage includes 287,500 gallons in a series of hard-sided tanks and a 252,500-gallon pond. Processing would occur onsite in an existing structure. Electricity is sourced from generator power that is used to power the residence. The proposed project also includes a Special Permit to allow development within the Streamside Management Area of Basin Creek for a point of diversion and an onstream pond that is utilized for irrigation.continued  Action details Not available
20-1552 14. Zoning ItemFt. Apache, LLC, Special Permit Record Number PLN-2019-15369 Assessor’s Parcel Number: 105-081-011 29615 Mattole Road, Petrolia area A Special Permit is requested for 9,984 square feet of mixed-light cannabis cultivation. Propagation occurs on-site in a 1,000-square-foot greenhouse. Estimated water use is 132,500 gallons per year. Water for irrigation is provided by a groundwater well. There is 12,000 gallons of water storage. The power source for the nursery is solar power. Drying will occur in two proposed shipping containers. Processing will take place off-site at a licensed processing facility. Two employees are needed for operations.approved  Action details Not available
20-1553 15. Zoning ItemEubanks Farm, LLC, Special Permit Record Number PLN-12444-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number: 220-171-002 Briceland area A Special Permit for 8,612 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation and a Special Permit for ongoing use and maintenance of a point-of-diversion for cannabis irrigation. Cultivation occurs in five greenhouses using light deprivation. Water is sourced from two existing groundwater wells and is supplemented by rain catchment and by a surface diversion from a spring that flows to an unnamed tributary to Eubank Creek. Water is delivered to the cannabis plants via a drip irrigation system. The current total storage capacity for cultivation is 66,000 gallons, contained in twelve (12) 5,000-gallon plastic tanks and two (2) 3,000-gallon water storage tanks. The applicant’s estimated annual water use is 129,180 gallons. Drying will occur in an existing structure onsite and processing will occur offsite at a licensed third-party processing facility. A maximum of one full-time employee and up to three full-time seasonal employees will work on the site. Power is proapproved  Action details Not available