Memorandum
COUNTY OF LAKE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Planning Division
Courthouse - 255 N. Forbes Street Lakeport, California 95453
Telephone 707/263-2221 FAX 707/263-2225
Item #4
9:15 AM
August 11, 2022
STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Mary Darby, Community Development Director Prepared by: LACO Associates
Assigned Planner: Andrew Amelung, Cannabis Program Manager
DATE: August 11, 2022
RE: Lamperti Farms
* Major Use Permit (UP 20-51)
* Initial Study (IS 20-51)
Supervisor District 3 - Eddie "EJ" Crandell Planning Commission - Batsulwin Brown
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Property Management Plan
2. Proposed Site Plans
3. Initial Study
4. Agency & Public Comments
5. Biological Assessment
6. Hydrology Report
7. Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program
8. Proposed Conditions of Approval
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Mr. Anthony Lamperti is seeking a Major Use Permit from the County of Lake, for a proposed commercial cannabis cultivation operation at 565 & 1111 Sulphur Bank Drive, near Clearlake Oaks, California on Lake County APNs 006-520-11 and 12. The proposed commercial cannabis cultivation operation would be composed of eleven (11) A-Type 3 "Medium Outdoor" cultivation areas, a 120 sq. ft. Pesticide & Agricultural Chemicals Storage Area (proposed wooden shed), a 120 sq. ft. Security Room/Building (proposed wooden shed), and eleven 160 sq. ft. Harvest Storage Areas. The growing medium of the proposed outdoor cultivation/canopy areas would be native soil amended with compost,
worm castings, and organic dairy manure, with drip irrigation systems covered in white plastic mulch to conserve water resources. All water for the proposed cultivation operation would come from an existing on-site groundwater well and ten 5,000-gallon water storage tanks.
The Project would occur on a 257-acre property that currently supports a working ranch. The site is accessed from Highway 20 via Sulphur Bank Drive. The Project would use approximately 24.9 acre-feet of water per ...
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