STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Scott DeLeon, Interim Community Development Director
Toccarra Thomas, Deputy Community Development Director
Mark Roberts, Principal Planner
Prepared by: Victor Fernandez, Assistant Planner
DATE: April 23, 2020
SUBJECT: Benmore South LLC
Major Use Permit Application, UP 19-28; Commercial Cannabis Cultivation; Early Activation, EA 19-57 and Categorical Exemption, CE 19-75. APNs: 007-001-30, 007-001-31, 007-001-39, 007-002-10.
Supervisor District 4
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Existing and Proposed Plans
3. Property Management Plan
4. Agency Comments
5. Proposed Conditions of Approval
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant is requesting approval of a Major Use Permit for the Commercial Cannabis Cultivation (A-Type 3 Outdoor License), which includes the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming, and/or any combination of those activities, including processing. The proposed use will occur within an existing disturb area once used for a vineyard. An A - Type 3 license allows up to 43,560 square feet of Cannabis Canopy which is defined as the designated area(s) at a licensed premises, except nurseries, that will contain mature plants at any point in time.
The applicant proposes the Collocation of Permits and Clustering, which is defined as Multiple Cultivation permits allowed on a single parcel provided that each permit meets the minimum acreage requirement and all other development standards. Clustering a cultivation site across multiple contiguous parcels may be permitted when all of the following criteria are met (Article 27, Section 27.11, subsection (at)):
1. All parcels must qualify for a commercial cannabis cultivation permit independently,
2. Title interest on all parcels shall be held under the same identical ownership.
3. All required cultivation setbacks shall be maintained from exterior property lines and the cultivation site may be permitted to cross conti...
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