Meeting Name: Zoning Administrator Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/20/2021 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Planning and Building Department 3015 H St. Eureka, CA 95501
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21-638 11. Zoning ItemJudy Hulbert Record Number PLN-10951-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 523-025-005. Willow Creek Area A Special Permit for 7,854 square feet of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation with 774 square feet of ancillary propagation. The applicant is proposing to add light-deprivation greenhouses with no use of supplemental lights to the pre-existing outdoor cultivation footprint. Irrigation water will be provided by a permitted groundwater well. Annual water needed for irrigation is estimated at a maximum of 200,000 gallons. There are three (3) 2,500-gallon hard-sided water tanks, and one (1) additional 2,500-galon tank is proposed to be designated for fire suppression. Drying will occur on-site, and trimming will be done off-site at a licensed processing facility. Electricity will be provided by a Honda EU2000i generator and solar fans.approved  Action details Not available
21-639 12. Zoning ItemJohn Mahony, LLC Record Number PLN-11827-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number 220-301-021. Briceland/Redway area John Mahony, LLC seeks a Special Permit for an existing outdoor cannabis cultivation project consisting of up to 5,912 square feet (SF) grown in nine adjacent greenhouses on a previously graded flat within the 65-acre parcel. A tenth 560-SF greenhouse is used as a plant nursery. Irrigation water is sourced from a permitted 220-foot groundwater well onsite. Water is stored in two 2,500-gallon and two 1,200-gallon hard plastic tanks totaling 7,400 gallons of water storage. Estimated annual water usage is 69,868 gallons (11.9 gallons/SF/year). No additional employees are required for cultivation and during peak operations. An existing 1,820-SF multiple use structure is used to store and dry cannabis. Trimming and processing would be performed offsite by a licensed processing facility. There is an onsite wastewater septic tank leach-field system that serves an existing residence. Power is provided by solar power and an emergency Honda generator for residential use. No artificiaapproved  Action details Not available
21-642 14. Zoning ItemPharming Humboldt Dreams, LLC Record Number PLN-16677-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 223-241-006. Garberville Area A Special Permit to allow 43,560 square feet of new cannabis cultivation consisting of 31,560 square feet of outdoor and 12,000 square feet of mixed light cultivation located in three distinct areas on the subject parcel. There will be a maximum of two outdoor cultivation cycles and five mixed light cultivation cycles. Propagation will occur on-site in a 4,500-square-foot greenhouse. Water for irrigation would be provided by rain catchment. Annual water use is 390,713 gallons. There would be 580,000 gallons of water storage in hard-sided tanks. The proposed project includes development of a processing structure for drying, curing and trimming. The applicant is proposing to process off-site during the first year of operations. There will be a maximum of 2 seasonal employees to assist with operations. Power is provided by P. G. & E. and a generator; use of the generator is limited to 20% of the total power need.continued  Action details Not available
21-640 13. Zoning ItemPratt Mountain Farms Record Number PLN-2020-16739 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 216-133-013. Garberville Area Special Permit for 43,560 sf new outdoor light deprivation cannabis cultivation, anticipating two harvests per year. The project includes 4,350 sf of ancillary nursery space which would not use lights or fans. Drying would occur onsite; further processing would be performed by a licensed third-party. Annual irrigation demand would total 654,000 gallons (15gal/sf). Irrigation water will be provided by a groundwater well and supplemented by rainwater catchment tanks. 30,000 gallons of water storage capacity would be provided by three 5,000-gallon tanks and five 3,000-gallon tanks. The project would require a maximum of eight employees. Power would be provided by a proposed solar array.approved  Action details Not available
21-645 17. Zoning ItemAvicenna Holdings, LLC Record Number PLN-2020-16633 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 105-111-007. Petrolia Area An application for a Special Permit to conduct one acre (43,560 square feet) of outdoor cannabis cultivation. Cultivation will utilize dry farm methods to plant directly in the native soil in delineated rows with minimal irrigation. Five proposed hoop houses totaling 5,000 square feet will be used for propagation to support on-site seed and clone production. The irrigation water source is rainwater catchment. The applicant will install eleven (11) 5,000-gallon tanks for a total of 55,000 gallons of storage. Estimated annual water use is 50,000 gallons. Drying will occur on-site in a proposed 5,000 square foot metal ag barn. Processing will occur off-site. Work will be conducted by the five owner-applicants, with up to seven additional temporary workers during transplant and harvest. Power will be provided by P.G.&E.approved  Action details Not available
21-646 18. Zoning ItemHoney Country Compassionate Use Project Record Number PLN-16594-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 107-241-017. Honeydew Area A Special Permit for 42,000 ft of new mixed-light cannabis cultivation. Water source to be existing pump in-stream for 10,000 SF canopy from 1.0 application and remainder to be sourced off of rain catchment from greenhouses and buildings. There is a total of 137,500 gallons of existing water storage onsite. There are two (2) 50,000-gallon bladders and fifteen (15) 2,500-gallon water tanks. The bladders are proposed to be replaced with twenty (20) 5,000-gallon water tanks, and proposing to add an additional sixty (60) 5,000-gallon water tanks to bring total water storage to 437,500 gallons onsite. An accessory drying facility is part of onsite activities for this project. Power lines run through the property and a power drop from PG&E (with the renewable energy program) is proposed for the power source with a backup generator.continued  Action details Not available
21-647 19. Zoning ItemLauren Marlak Record Number PLN-13006-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number: 210-250-009. Dinsmore area A Special Permit for continued cultivation of 8,000 square feet of outdoor cannabis. Ancillary propagation occurs within an 800 SF nursery area on-site. Irrigation water is sourced from a permitted groundwater well, a rainwater catchment system, and a point of diversion. Existing available water storage totals 80,000 gallons. Estimated annual water usage is 80,000 gallons. Drying and bucking occurs onsite and all other processing will occur off site at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Power is provided by solar panels.approved  Action details Not available
21-648 110. Zoning ItemDinsmore Elite, LLC Record Number PLN-13238-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number 208-341-009. Dinsmore area Dinsmore Elite LLC seeks a Special Permit for an existing 9,990-square-foot (SF) mixed-light cannabis cultivation operation. The cannabis cultivation operation consists of five greenhouses at two locations on the 9-acre parcel. Ancillary propagation in a 1,000-SF greenhouse and a 450 SF greenhouse is proposed. Three annual harvests are anticipated from the heating-equipped mixed-light greenhouses for a growing season that extends from March through October. Estimated annual water usage is 199,000 gallons (19.90 gallons/SF/year). Water for irrigation is supplied from a new 200-foot-deep well and 60,120 gallons of hard tank storage. Bucking and drying will occur in an existing drying/storage shed (1,400 SF) by part-time as-needed employees. Additional processing of cannabis will occur offsite at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility. Power is provided by one Honda EU 7-kiloWatt (kW) gasoline generator and two Cummins 30-kW generators for electricity, when needed. A Special Peapproved  Action details Not available
21-643 15. Zoning ItemI and I Ranch, LLC Record Number PLN-13324-SP Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 214-112-006. Garberville Area A Special Permit for 43,560 square feet of new mixed light cannabis cultivation with ancillary propagation. The applicant anticipates three cultivation cycles will occur annually. Water for irrigation will be provided by one permitted existing well. Water will be stored in a proposed one-million-gallon rainwater catchment pond and hard tanks. The applicant anticipates approximately 700,000 gallons of water will be required annually. Processing such as drying, curing, and trimming will occur onsite in a proposed 1,600-square-foot structure. Power for the project will be sourced from solar with a backup generator for emergencies.approved  Action details Not available
21-644 16. Zoning ItemPDCON Enterprises, LLC Record Number PLN-2020-16367 Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 222-156-019. Garberville Area The proposed project is a Special Permit (SP) for 10,000 square feet (SF) of new outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation utilizing light deprivation techniques. The applicant anticipates two harvests annually. The plants will be propagated within the cultivation greenhouses and minimal supplemental lighting will be utilized until they have rooted. The applicant projects an annual water usage of 100,000 gallons. Water for the project will be sourced from the Garberville Community Services District. All processing will occur offsite at a licensed third-party processing facility. The operation will be owner-operated, no employees are required. Power for the project will be provided by P.G.&E.approved  Action details Not available