Memorandum
Date: May 17, 2022
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Michael McGinnis, Principal Planner
Subject: Appeal of Planning Commission Denial of Major Use Permit Resubmittal 20-22 and IS/MND 20-25 "WeGrow, LLC", Middletown. APN's 013-060-40 (cultivation site) and 013-014-03 and 11 (clustering sites).
Executive Summary:
EXHIBITS:
A1 - APPEAL
A2a - 02-24-2022 STAFF REPORT
A2b - PUBLIC AGENCY COMMENTS 1
A2c - PUBLIC AGENCY COMMENTS 2
A2d - PUBLIC AGENCY COMMENTS 3
A2e - PUBLIC AGENCY COMMENTS 4
A2f - PUBLIC AGENCY COMMENTS 5
A2g - PUBLIC COMMENTS 1
A2h - PUBLIC COMMENTS 2
A2i - PUBLIC COMMENTS 3
A2j - PUBLIC COMMENTS 4
A2k - PUBLIC COMMENTS 5
A3 - VICINITY MAP
A4 - SITE PLANS
A5 - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN
A6 - WATER USE AND AVAILABILITY STUDY
A7 - TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
A8 - POWER ANALYSIS AND AVAILABILITY STUDY
A9 - POWER REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSES
A10 - INITIAL STUDY ADDENDUM
A11 - BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
A12 - TREE REMOVAL AND REVEGETATION PLAN WITH BOTANICAL INITIAL STUDY
A13 - TREE REMOVAL AND REVEGETATION PLAN MITIGATION ADDENDUM
A14 - MITIGATION GEOLOGY AND SOILS
A15 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
A16 - APPLICANTS LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT
A17 -- PC MINUTES
I. BACKGROUND
The appellant-applicant is appealing the Planning Commission's February 24, 2022 4-0 denial (four Planning Commissioners present) of a Major Use Permit Resubmittal (UP-22) to permit a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Major Use Permit and Mitigated Negative Declaration of the following uses located at 16750 Herrington Road, Hidden Valley Lake (cultivation site); 17610 Sandy Road and 19678 Stinson Road, Middletown (cluster sites), APN's 013-060-40 (cultivation site); 013-014-03 and 11 (cluster sites).
Fifteen (15): A - Type 3B: "Medium Mixed Light" Licenses: Greenhouse cultivation for adult use cannabis using light deprivation and/or artificial lighting in the canopy area of 22,000 square feet of total canopy size on one premise per license.
...
Click here for full text