Memorandum
Item 4
9:20 AM
May 26, 2022
STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Mary Darby, Community Development Director
Prepared by: LACO Associates
Planner: Andrew Amelung, Cannabis Program Manager
DATE OF REPORT: May 26, 2022
RE: Mombacho Mountain Organics, LLC
* Major Use Permit (UP 19-19)
* Initial Study (IS 19-34)
District 5 Supervisor Jessica Pyska
District 5 Planning Commissioner Maile Field
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Property Management Plan
3. Project Site Plans
4. Proposed Conditions of Approval
5. Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
6. Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program (MMRP)
7. Hydrological Analysis/Drought Management Plan
8. Tribal and Agency Comments Received
9. Public Comments Received
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant, Mombacho Mountain Organics, LLC (MMO) is requesting approval of a Major Use Permit for Commercial Cannabis Cultivation located at 9205 Mombacho Road and 9261 Wildcat Road, Kelseyville, CA further described as assessor parcel numbers (APNs): 011-044-17 and 011-044-18. The combined project area is approximately 20 acres and is zoned "RR-B5" for Rural Residential - Special Lot Size/Density. The applicant's proposal includes the clustering of parcels as allowed by the County of Lake Zoning Ordinance, Article 27, Section 27.13(at).1.ii.(j). In total, MMO requests a total cultivation area of 48,004 square feet (sf) and a total cannabis canopy of 43,200 sf. The proposal includes the following (please see Proposed Site Plans attachment):
* One (1) A - Type 3 "Outdoor" license consisting of 43,200 sf. of canopy and 48,004 sf of cultivation area
* One (1) A-Type 13 "Self-Distribution" license
* One (1) 24' X 96' steel frame greenhouse with six (6) - mil polyethylene/polycarbonate film covering (Item "H" on the Site Plans) to house immature cannabis plants
* One (1) 5...
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