File #: 20-630    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/30/2020 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 7/9/2020 Final action:
Title: 9:05 a.m. Public Hearing on consideration of a Minor Use Permit (MUP 18-28) and a Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS 18-33). The Applicant is Noble Farms. The Proposed Project is a six phase development for Commercial Cannabis that would include three commercial cannabis cultivation licenses: two A-Type 2B Mixed Light Cannabis licenses to allow 15,000 square feet of cultivation area within 10 greenhouses by the end of Phase Six, and a ‘Type 13 Self Distribution’ license that would allow legal transportation of cannabis to and from the site. Location: 18211 Ponderosa Trail, Lower Lake, CA, and further described as APN: 012-048-11.
Sponsors: Community Development
Attachments: 1. Lanier Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Vicinity Map, 3. Attachment 2a - Site Plan, 4. Attachment 2b - Site Plan, 5. Attachment 3 - Property Management Plan, 6. Attachment 4 - Agency Comments, 7. Attachment 5 - Conditions, 8. Attachment 6 - Initial Study, 9. Attachment 7 - Public Comments
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Memorandum


Item 1
9:05 AM
July 9, 2020
STAFF REPORT

TO: Planning Commission

FROM: Scott DeLeon, Interim Community Development Director
Prepared by: Eric Porter, Associate Planner

DATE: May 18, 2020

SUBJECT: Noble Farms / Patty Lanier
Minor Use Permit Application (MUP 18-28) for Commercial Cannabis Cultivation, and Initial Study (IS 18-33). APN: 012-048-11

Supervisor District 1

ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Site Plans
1. Property Management Plan (available upon request)
2. Agency Comments
3. Proposed Conditions of Approval
4. Initial Study IS 18-63 and Mitigated Negative Declaration
5. Public Comments

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The applicant is requesting approval of a Minor Use Permit to allow the following commercial cannabis cultivation licenses: two (2) A-Type 2B mixed light licenses and one (1) Type 13 Self Distribution license. The applicant proposes a phased development; the time-frames by phase listed below. Together these licenses allow 15,000 square feet of cultivation area and 10,000 square feet of canopy area.
* Phase 1: 5,000 s.f. of canopy; estimated 6,500 s.f. of cultivation area. Target date: May 2020
* Phase 2: continue with Phase I canopy / cultivation area. Target date: March 2021
* Phase 3: continue with Phase I canopy / cultivation area. Target date: March 2022
* Phase 4: add 3,360 s.f. of canopy, 4,000 s.f. of cultivation area. Target date: March 2023
* Phase 5: add 3,360 s.f. of canopy; 4,000 s.f. of cultivation area. Target date: March 2024
* Phase 6: add 3,280 s.f. of canopy; 3,500 s.f. of cultivation area. Target date: March 2025

The +40 acre subject site is located at 18211 Ponderosa Trail, Lower Lake, and is known as APN 012-048-11. The subject site contains a previously approved medical cannabis cultivation area, a dwelling, an on-site septic system and a domestic well, which will also be used for cannabis irrigation. The site is served by a pri...

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