Memorandum
Item #5
9:25 AM
February 25, 2021
STAFF REPORT
TO: Lake County Planning Commission
FROM: Toccarra Nicole Thomas, AICP, CQIA, Deputy Director
Community Development Department
Scott De Leon, Director
Community Development Department
DATE: February 25, 2021
SUBJECT: Discussion and Consideration for Approval of Text Amendments to Article 27SEC. 21-27 USES GENERALLY PERMITTED Commercial Cannabis Cultivation with a Resolution of Intention submitted to the Board of Supervisors: Proposed Amendments to Zoning Ordinance (AM 21-01) Categorical Exemption (CE 20-16)
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Ordinance Number 3101
2. Resolution Number 2020-184
I. Executive Summary:
On December 8, 2020 the Board of Supervisors approved ordinance 3101 updating Article 27 of the Zoning Ordinance to create Farmland Protection Zones. These changes were approved by the Board of Supervisors and went into effect on January 13, 2021.
After the adoption of these changes, it was determined that additional changes were needed to further clarify this amendment and the Board of Supervisors approved Resolution Number 2020-184 to initiate additional changes to the Zoning Ordinance. The additional changes are the inclusion of language to refine when and how the ordnance applies to existing cannabis permit applications, language to allow permit applications time to come into compliance with the Ordinance depending on when the applications were deemed complete, the addition of language to protect existing agricultural uses, and screening from Highways.
Staff recommends the discussion and consideration of Resolution of Intention Number 2020-184 as well as the addition of the following language: Grandfather, Sunset Clause, the clarification of outdoor screening language.
II. Previous Actions Farmland Protection Zone
On December 15, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved amending the Zoning Ordinance Article 27 with language to protect existing farmland via Ordinance 3101 which b...
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