COUNTY OF LAKE - File #: 21-516

• File #: 21-516
• Version: 1
• Type: Action Item
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/4/2021
• In control: Planning Commission
• On agenda: 6/10/2021
• Title: 9:05 a.m. Public Hearing to consider MAJOR USE PERMIT (UP 20-86). . Applicant: Ursa Valley, LLC. Owner: Morongo Equity Partners II, LLC. Applicant is applying for 522,720 square feet of outdoor cannabis canopy area, one (1) 120 square feet security center shed, one (1) 160 square foot pesticides and agricultural chemicals storage area, one (1) designated refuse/waste area, one (1) 500 square foot compost area, designated parking area including eight (8) parking spaces and portable restrooms. Total cultivation area including the canopy area, security shed and chemicals storage area is 523,000 square feet. Cultivation location: 10950 and 10934 Bachelor Valley Road, Witter Springs, CA; APN(s): 002-046-15 and 002-046-16. Project parcels utilized for cultivation “Clustering”: APN(s) 002-046-09, 002-046-15, 002-046-16, 002-046-17, 002-025-52 and 002-025-53. Environmental Evaluation: Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS 20-102).

Memorandum


STAFF REPORT

TO: Planning Commission

FROM: Scott DeLeon, Community Development Director
Prepared by: Michael Taylor, Assistant Planner

DATE: June 10, 2021

RE: Ursa Valley, LLC
* Major Use Permit (UP 20-86)
* Initial Study (IS 20-102)
* Early Activation (EA 20-102)

Supervisor District 3 - Supervisor Crandell
Planning Commissioner - Commissioner Brown


ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Property Management Plan
3. Agency Comments
4. Proposed Conditions of Approval
5. Proposed Site Plans
6. Initial Study
7. Biological Assessment


I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The applicant is requesting approval of a Major Use Permit for Commercial Cannabis Cultivation (the cultivation of commercial cannabis includes the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming, and/or any combination of those activities, including processing) located at 10950 Bachelor Valley Road, Witter Springs, California, further described as Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs): 002-046-09, 002-046-15, 002-046-16 and 002-046-17. The applicant proposes the Collocation of Permits and Clustering which is permitted through Article 27 Section (at)1.i.ii.(j) of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance. Through this section, multiple cultivation permits may be allowed on a single parcel provided that each permit meets the minimum acreage requirement and all other development standards as provided. The applicant proposes to cluster APNs 002-046-09, 002-046-15 and 002-046-16, 002-046-17, 002-025-52 and 002-025-53. APNs 002-046-09, 002-046-17, 002-025-52 and 002-025-53 will only be used for the acreage and no cultivation will occur on these parcels. All cultivation activities will occur only on parcels 002-046-15 and 002-046-16. The applicant's proposal will include the following:

* Twelve (12) A-Type 3 "Medium Outdoor" canopy areas located in four (4) associated outdoor cultivation/canopy areas, with a total cultivation/canopy area of 12 acres / 522,720 ft2 (see Attachment 5)
* The ...