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Meeting Name: Zoning Administrator Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/15/2022 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Planning and Building Department 3015 H St. Eureka, CA 95501
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ZA AB361 9.15.22 11. Zoning ItemDiscussion and Possible Adoption of Resolution Authorizing Remote Teleconference Meetings of the Humboldt County Planning Commission for the period of September 15, 2022, through October 15, 2022, Pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.   Not available Not available
AS 06.16.22 11. Zoning ItemReview and approval of June 16, 2022, Action Summary;   Not available Not available
ZA AS 09.01.22 12. Zoning ItemReview and approval of September 1, 2022, Action Summary;   Not available Not available
11785 13. Zoning ItemEagle Rock, LLC; Record Number PLN-11785-SP (filed 12/13/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number: 216-381-026. Alderpoint area A Special Permit for 8,241 square feet (SF) of existing cannabis cultivation and 780 SF of ancillary propagation. Irrigation water is sourced from a permitted groundwater well and rainwater catchment. Water storage totals 42,500 gallons. Estimated annual water usage is 57,199 gallons. Onsite processing occurs within an existing 750 SF facility. Power is provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The Humboldt County Zoning Administrator will consider an Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration.   Not available Not available
12203 14. Zoning ItemPacific Madrone Timber, LLC: Special Permit (2) Record Number PLN-12203-SP (filed 12/21/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 524-153-001 & 524-153-002 Burnt Ranch/Willow Creek Area A Special Permit for 6,713 sq. ft. of pre-existing outdoor cannabis cultivation. Water is sourced from a rain catchment pond and from a stream diversion under Water Right Certificate H100228. A Special Permit is being requested to approve the continued use and maintenance of a stream diversion within a streamside management area. Anticipated annual water usage is 133,350 gallons. Existing water storage includes one (1) 180,000-gallon rain catchment pond, and two (2) 1,500-gallon hard water tanks, for a total of 183,000 gallons of water storage. The applicant is requesting a setback reduction for cultivation areas within 150-feet of a perennial wetland on-site, and proposes to relocate all cultivation within 100 feet of the wetland to outside of 150 feet. Consultation with CDFW has been conducted for the setback reduction request, and a recommendation of conditional approval was received. An additiona   Not available Not available
13065 15. Zoning ItemTina Colafranceschi; Record Number PLN-13065-SP (filed 12/29/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number: 220-291-023 Briceland area A Special Permit for 9,998 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cultivation and 960 SF of ancillary propagation. Irrigation water is currently sourced from a permitted groundwater well and a spring diversion; however, the applicant proposes to cease use of the well for irrigation and add rainwater catchment. Existing and proposed water storage is 51,665 gallons. Estimated annual water usage is 43,000 gallons. Drying and curing currently occurs onsite, with all other processing occurring offsite at a licensed processing or manufacturing facility; however, onsite processing is proposed once the proposed 1,000 SF prefabricated steel garage is constructed and fully permitted. Power is currently provided by two (2) generators; however, there are long-term plans to add solar. A Special Permit is also requested for development within the Streamside Management Area for the continued use and maintenance of the point of diversion.   Not available Not available
15289 16. Zoning ItemDevin Howard; Record Number PLN-2018-15289 (filed 12/31/2018) Assessor’s Parcel Number: 221-221-036 Redway area A Special Permit for 7,623 square feet (SF) of existing outdoor cannabis cultivation in five locations throughout the site (3 outdoor cultivation areas and 2 light deprivation greenhouses). Full sun cultivation is proposed to be both in-ground and in raised beds (6,990 SF) and the greenhouse/light deprivation cultivation (633 SF) are proposed to utilize pots. Irrigation water is supplied by an existing spring water diversion (POD) (97,250-gallons/year) and proposed rainwater catchment system (rooftop catchment gutters) totaling 1,860-gallons (3,100-SF of rooftop catchment area x 600-gallons/1,000 SF) per 1-inch of rain. In an average rainfall year (60-inches/year), the catchment would have the potential to collect as much as 111,600-gallons/year. Assuming less than average (50%) would yield approximately 55,800-gallons/year. Total estimated annual water use is 80,900 gallons/year including domestic uses; irrigation of cannabis is anticipated to be 50,000-gallons   Not available Not available
17243 17. Zoning ItemPL-Van Duzen 15 Year Mining CUP Renewal: Record Number PLN-2021-17243 (filed 5/21/2021) Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 209-201-010 and 206-262-019 Redcrest Area Humboldt County Department of Public Works requests the Zoning Administrator allow the 15-year renewal of the approved conditional use permit for the existing in-stream mining operation in the Van Duzen River. No changes are proposed.   Not available Not available
17744 18. Zoning ItemChris Dazzi: Record Number PLN-2022-17744 (filed 05/02/2022) Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 208-201-011-000 Dinsmore Area A Special Permit for 10,000 square feet (SF) of new cannabis cultivation and 1,000 of ancillary propagation. The parcel is accessed by a series of private access roads (Bear Creek Road 3.9 miles, Canyon Road 0.8 miles, and Canyon Court 0.3 miles) off State Highway 36. The private access roads do not meet the functional equivalent of a Category 4 road standards. Pursuant to the Commercial Cannabis Land Use Ordinance (CCLUO) Section 55.4.12.1.8(C)(2) Performance Standard - Road systems that do not meet the functional equivalent of a Category 4 road require a Special Permit. Irrigation water is sourced from rain catchment to provide 62,000 gallons annually. Drying and curing will occur within an existing agricultural exempt structure. Further processing will occur off site at a third-party processing facility. Electricity to the parcel is sourced from solar arrays. Two harvest cycles per year are anticipated. No employees will be used in carrying out cannabis oper   Not available Not available
12292 11. Zoning ItemHeavy Ratchet, LLC; Special Permit Record Number PLN-12292-SP (filed 12/22/2016) Assessor’s Parcel Number: 210-117-024 Dinsmore area Heavy Ratchet, LLC seeks a Special Permit for 8,248 square feet (SF) of pre-existing outdoor cannabis cultivation, within three (3) greenhouses. Greenhouse 1 (GH1) measures 2,400 SF; Greenhouse 2 (GH2) measures 2,400 SF; and Greenhouse 3 (GH3) measures 3,448 SF. Propagation occurs in one (1) 1,120 SF structure that would contain the nursery, drying/storage/processing facilities. The project also includes the decommissioning/ restoration of a prior cannabis grow area (Cultivation Site 1) as shown on the site plan. Upon decommissioning, this grow area will not be used Irrigation water is supplied by an existing 500,000-gallon rain catchment pond. Total estimated annual water use is 75,300 gallons/year (9.12 gallons/SF) as shown in the table below. Water is stored in the pond and in seven (7) tanks totaling 12,700 gallons. One existing 50,000-gallon water bladder was decommissioned and removed from the site. The project requires up to eighteen (   Not available Not available