Memorandum
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
RE: Magic Meadow Farm's; Major Use Permit (UP 18-50), Initial Study (IS 18-74); Early Activation (18-42) APN: 014-460-05
Supervisor District 1
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Property Management Plan
3. Agency Comments
4. Proposed Conditions of Approval
5. Existing and Proposed Site Plans
6. Initial Study IS 18-74
7. Conditions UP 18-50
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant is requesting approval of a Major Use Permit for Commercial Cannabis Cultivation which includes the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming, and/or any combination of those activities, including processing. The applicant seeks approval of the following licenses:
* A - Type 3: "Outdoor": Outdoor cultivation for adult use cannabis without the use of light deprivation and/or artificial lighting in the canopy area at any point in time from 10,001 square feet to one acre, inclusive, of total canopy size on one premises.
* A - Type 2B: "Small Mixed-Light": Cultivation for adult use cannabis in a greenhouse, glasshouse, conservatory, hothouse, or other similar structure using light deprivation and/or artificial lighting below a rate of 25 watts per square foot between 5,001 and 10,000 square feet, inclusive, of total canopy size on one premises.
The proposed use will occur on 21650 St. Helena Creek Rd, Middletown CA. The proposed use would allow up to 43,560 square feet (outdoor) and 10,000 square feet (mixed-light) of Canopy Area which is defined as the designated area(s) at a licensed premise, except nurseries, that will contain mature plants (in above ground pots) at any point in time, as follows (Lake County Zoning Ordinance - Definitions):
1. Canopy shall be calculated in sq...
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