Meeting Name: Zoning Administrator Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/3/2022 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Planning and Building Department 3015 H St. Eureka, CA 95501
Regular Meeting - Virtual
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Attachments: Public Comment - Season George - Letters of Support Five Sisters Farm hearing 3322.pdf, Public Comment - Season George - 11933 Letter of Project Support 9.1.21.pdf, Public Comment - Season George - 11933 Letter of Project Support 9.15.17.pdf, Public Comment - Season George - 11933 Letter of Project Support 10.18.20.pdf, Public Comment - Season George - 11933 Letter of Project Support 10.24.20.pdf, Public comment - Ivan Savinskiy.pdf
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11933 12. Zoning ItemSeason George: Special Permit (2) Record Number PLN-11933-SP (filed 12/16/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 033-271-009 Garberville Area A Special Permit for 2,000 square feet of existing full-sun outdoor cannabis cultivation and 1,000 square feet of new full sun outdoor cannabis cultivation. Water for irrigation is provided by rainwater catchment. There is 10,000 gallons of tank storage on site and the annual estimated water budget is 10,000 gallons. No employees are required as operations will be conducted by the resident operator. Power is provided by PG&E, and solar is proposed. Also requested is a Special Permit to allow cannabis tour visits, which will be conducted by a licensed third-party tour operator.continued  Action details Not available
12260 13. Zoning ItemNew Earth Farms, LLC: Special Permit (2) Record Number PLN-12260-CUP (filed 12/22/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 524-072-010. Willow Creek area A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet (SF) of existing mixed light cultivation with 1,000 SF of ancillary propagation. Irrigation water will be sourced from rainwater catchment. Estimated annual water usage is currently 150,000 gallons. Water storage will total 247,500 gallons. Processing will occur in a proposed 2,500-square-foot structure. Power will be provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and a generator for emergency purposes only. A Special Permit is also requested to reduce the required 600-foot setback from Public Lands. The Humboldt County Zoning Administrator will consider an Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration.continued  Action details Not available
17162 15. Zoning ItemNava Ranch, LLC: Special Permit Record Number PLN-2021-17162 (filed 4/15/2021) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 107-106-006 Honeydew area A Special Permit for the expansion of an approved cultivation site (PLN-12657-SP). The project will consist of 43,560 square feet (SF) of mixed light cultivation in twelve (12) greenhouses and 2,500 SF of indoor cultivation in a converted barn. The original project consisted of 6,600 square feet of mixed light cultivation, 2,700 square feet of outdoor cultivation, and 2,500 square feet of indoor cultivation. The outdoor cultivation will be converted to mixed light and the total mixed light cultivation area will be expanded to one acre. This represents a total increase of 34,260 SF of cultivation area. The applicant hopes to achieve up to three (3) harvests annually. All water will be sourced by rainwater catchment from an existing pond, a proposed pond, and an existing rooftop rainwater catchment system. The estimated water needed annually for irrigation is approximately 550,000 gallons (11.94 gal/sq.ft./yr). Please note that this estimate maycontinued  Action details Not available
17562 16. Zoning ItemCaltrans Culvert Replacement: Record Number PLN-2022-17562 (filed 1/4/2022) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 000-000-000 (Caltrans right-of-way) Adjacent parcels: 511-351-001, 511-351-009, 520-261-004. A Coastal Development Permit for the removal and replacement of two existing culverts which have reached the end of their serviceable life. Both culverts are within Caltrans’ right-of-way of Highway 101, and will be on the same alignment as the culverts being replaced. The culvert at PM 94.95 will be the same material as the existing, which is corrugated steel pipe. The culvert at PM 119.46 is in an area of high soil moisture, and will be replaced with reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) rather than corrugated steel pipe (CSP) to provide additional life expectancy for the new culvert. Additional work includes the replacement of the headwall at the PM 119.46 culvert. Best management practices and specific avoidance measures are incorporated into the project to avoid impacts to biological resources. The work should last no longer than 30 working days, and traffic control measures will bcontinued  Action details Not available
11214 11. Zoning ItemMDRV Realty Holdings, LLC: Special Permit (2) Record Number PLN-11214-SP (filed 9/22/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 208-241-006 Dinsmore/Mad River Area A Special Permit for 2,000 square feet (sf) existing outdoor and 4,850 sf existing mixed-light cultivation with a 720 sf ancillary propagation area. Water for irrigation is provided by a stream diversion (POD 1 under Water Right Certificate H100730), and a Special Permit is being requested to approve the continued use and maintenance of the stream diversion. There is a total of 50,000 gallons of water stored on-site in hard sided tanks, and estimated annual water usage is 50,000 gallons. Drying and curing will occur on-site and trimming will occur off-site at a licensed processing facility. Power is sourced from an on-site generator, and future solar is proposed. An additional Special Permit is being requested to reduce the 600-foot setback to public lands (SRNF), to approximately 320 feet.continued  Action details Not available
12615 14. Zoning ItemVesuvio Gardens: Special Permit (4) Notice of Merger Record Number PLN-12615-SP (filed 12/28/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 220-161-017 Whitethorn Area A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet of existing light-deprivation outdoor cannabis cultivation and 1,000 square feet of ancillary propagation space, a Special Permit for a setback reduction to public lands, a Special Permit for work in a Streamside Management Area (SMA), a Special Permit for the ongoing use and maintenance of a point of diversion (POD) within an SMA used for irrigation, and a Notice of Merger of two parcels of approximately 10.7 and 4.3 acres, to result in one parcel of approximately 15 acres. Propagation space totals 1,000 square feet. Water for irrigation will be provided by a POD from an onsite spring. Water storage onsite totals 80,000 gallons occurring in one (1) 30,000-gallon tank and ten (10) 5,000-gallon tanks. The applicant anticipates 100,000 gallons of water will be required annually for irrigation. The applicant has been conditioned to obtain additional hard tank storage to meet projected icontinued  Action details Not available