Memorandum
Date: April 25, 2023
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Mireya G. Turner, Community Development Department Director
Andrew Amelung, Cannabis Program Manager
Subject: Consideration of Draft Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 of the Lake County Code relating to Permitting Temporary Hoop Structures for Cannabis Cultivation
Executive Summary: During the public hearing at the meeting on April 18, 2023, the Board of Supervisors considered recommendations from the Cannabis Ordinance Task Force, the Agriculture Advisory Board, and the Planning Commission, regarding amendments to a draft ordinance relating to a variety of types of structures for commercial cannabis cultivation. The Board directed Staff to return at the following meeting date with a draft ordinance specific to the amendments pertaining to temporary hoop structures.
In the Draft Ordinance (Attachment 1), added text is in italics, with changed wording shown with strikethrough (example). The recommendations include Board direction, as well as non-substantive grammatical and wordsmithing corrections.
Staff recommends the Board approve the first reading of the ordinance, and advance it to the next Board of Supervisors meeting for adoption.
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Recommended Action: Approve the first reading of the ordinance, to be read in title only, and advance the ordinance to the next meeting, for possible adoption.