Memorandum
Date: May 23, 2024
To: The Planning Commission
From: Mireya G. Turner, Community Development Department
Michelle Irace, Principal Planner
Mary Claybon, Associate Planner
Subject: Consideration of proposed Major Use Permit (UP 20-96), Highland Farms, LP (Autumn Karcey), and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS 20-116), for approval of nineteen (19) A-Type 3 "Medium outdoor" licenses consisting of nineteen (19) acres of outdoor commercial cannabis canopy, two (2) A- Type 3B "Mixed-light" commercial cannabis canopy consisting of 34,404 square feet (sf), Type 4 Nursery, and a Type 13 B and C Distribution located at 7508, 7522, 7634, & 7746 Highland Springs Road and 7257 &7357 Amber Ridge Road in Lakeport, CA. (APNs 007-006-27, 34, 35, 40, 41, and 007-057-02)
Executive Summary:
The Applicant, Highland Farms, LP (Autumn Karcey), is proposing commercial cannabis cultivation at 7508, 7522, 7634, & 7746 Highland Springs Road and 7257 & 7357 Amber Ridge Road in Lakeport, CA. The project consists of the cultivation of commercial cannabis and construction of associated ancillary facilities on three parcels (APNs 007-006-34, 007-006-35, and 007-006-40). The site is located to the west of Highland Springs Lake in unincorporated Lake County, five miles west of Kelseyville, and seven miles south of Lakeport. The Project is being proposed with four additional contiguous parcels (APNs: 007-006-27, 007-006-41, 007-057-01, 007-057-02) in order to allow collocation/clustering of permits. Total acreage combined is 508.19 acres.
The Project site contains a total of one Class II and eight Class III streams occur within the Project Site. Nine stream crossing would be utilized during the operation of the Proposed project. A minimum setback of 50 feet would be maintained from the top of bank of the Class III waterways and wetland boundaries, and 100 feet from the top of bank of the Class II waterway adhering to required setbacks. Comments were received from the Califo...
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