Staff Report
Date: February 22nd, 2024
To: Planning Commission
From: Mireya G. Turner, Community Development Department
Michelle Irace, Principal Planner
Prepared by: Andrew Amelung, Cannabis Program Manager
Subject: Consideration of proposed Major Use Permit (UP 20-77), and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS 20-92), for a two-staged commercial cannabis operation with up to four acres of outdoor and mixed-light cultivation, and one self-distribution license; Applicant: Knapp Farms (Raphael S. Knapp); Located: 4379 and 4457 New Long Valley Road, Clearlake Oaks (APNs: 006-009-23 and 53)
Executive Summary:
Knapp Farms requests discretionary approval of a Major Use Permit for a proposed commercial cannabis cultivation operation located on New Long Valley Road approximately 4.2 miles north of Clearlake Oaks. Commercial cannabis operations will take place on both APNs: 006-009-23 and 006-009-53. The parcels are located on New Long Valley Road approximately 9.1 miles from the access point to State Highway 20.
The project will be developed in two stages, with the first stage including four acres of outdoor commercial cannabis canopy (174,240-sf) along with a 6,000-sf metal processing structure and a 120-sf pesticide and chemical wooden storage structure. The second stage will include converting two of the four acres of outdoor canopy (87,120-sf) into 44,000-sf of mixed-light commercial cannabis canopy to be housed in twelve (12) 3,000-sf greenhouses and twenty-two (22) 1,000-sf hoop houses.
Recommended Action:
Staff recommends the Planning Commission take the following actions:
A. Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS 20-92) for Major Use Permit (UP 20-77) with the following findings:
1. Potential environmental impacts related to Aesthetics can be mitigated to less than significant levels with the inclusion of mitigation measures AES-1 through AES-3.
2. Potential environmental impacts related to Air Quality can be mitigated to less tha...
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