Memorandum
STAFF REPORT
TO: Lake County Planning Commission
FROM: Scott DeLeon - Interim Community Development Director
Prepared by: Mark Roberts - Principal Planner
DATE: February 18, 2020.
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Zoning Ordinance (AM 20-01)
Categorical Exemption (CE 20-07)
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Existing Ordinance Sections with Proposed Amendments (Redlined Version)
2. Proposed Ordinance with Amendments (Clean Version)
3. Board of Supervisors Adopted Resolution 2020-12 (Adopted 2/22/2020)
BACKGROUND
On September 10, 2019 the Board of Supervisors approved the creation of the Industrial Hemp Ad Hoc Committee (the Ad Hoc Committee or Committee) in order to make recommendations for Industrial Hemp Regulations.
On September 24, 2019 the Committee, made up of Supervisors, Industry Representatives, the Lake County Farm Bureau, and staff, was finalized and the meetings began on October 11, 2019. The Ad Hoc Committee met approximately every two weeks, mostly, to ensure that regulations could be recommended in a timely manner, prior to the new season starting in 2020.
On January 31, 2019, the Committee recommended changes to the County Zoning Ordinance which incorporated zoning requirements for the cultivation of industrial HEMP.
On February 11, 2020 the Board of Supervisors (BOS) heard the Resolution of Intention to establish regulations and development standards for the cultivation of industrial HEMP and adopted a Resolution of Intention which necessitated the amendment of the text of the County Zoning Ordinance to incorporate the changes listed in the Resolution of Intent and adopted by the BOS.
Today, Staff has prepared this report outlining the propose zoning ordinance text amendments for the Planning Commission to review and adopt. The amendments are as outlined and discussed below.
PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS
The amendments to the Lake County Zoning Ordinance, establishing regulations and develop standards for the cu...
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