Memorandum
Item 2
9:10 AM
August 13, 2020
STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Scott DeLeon, Interim Director, Community Development
Toccarra Thomas, Deputy Director
Mark Roberts, Principal Planner
Prepared by: Victor Fernandez, Assistant Planner
DATE: August 3, 2020
RE: Spencer Clark; Major Use Permit (UP 18-48), Initial Study (IS 18-71); APN: 012-069-08
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 18-71
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 license(s):
* 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.
The proposed use will occur on 21242 Morgan Valley Road, Lower Lake CA. The proposed use would allow up to 43,560 square feet (outdoor) of Canopy Area. The cultivation area is a circular area 230 feet in diameter that will contain 397 (100 gallon) pots on eleven (11) concentric circles. Radii of the circles are multiples of ten (10) feet. The canopy area will consist of 41,550 square feet and the cultivation area of 41,940 square feet which is approximately 0.9% of the total square footage of the property. The applicant proposes the cultivation will be above-ground in planter beds.
The applicant is proposing to install a 12'X16' fertilizer and chemical storage shed and a 12'X16' harvest storage shed. According to the applicant, all fertilizers will be stored in the proposed stor...
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