Item #2
9:10 AM
June 23, 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: June 23, 2022
RE: Emerald Mountain Farms, Inc.
* Major Use Permit (UP 20-47)
* Initial Study (IS 20-59)
District 2 Supervisor Bruno Sabatier
District 2 Planning Commissioner Everardo Chavez Perez
ATTACHMENTS:
1 Property Management Plan
2 Project Site Plans
3 Proposed Conditions of Approval
4 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
5 Hydrology Report prepared by REALM Engineering dated September 21, 2021
6 Biological Resources Assessment
7 CVRWQCB Cannabis NOV
8 Tribal and Agency Comments Received
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant, Emerald Mountain Farms, Inc. (EMF), is requesting approval of a Major Use Permit for Commercial Cannabis Cultivation located at 1850 Ogulin Canyon Road, Clear Lake, further described as Assessor's Parcel Numbers (APNs): 010-053-03 and 010-011-01. The combined project area is approximately 117 acres and is zoned "RL-WW" for Rural Lands - Waterway. 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, EMF requests a total cultivation area of 1.23 acres (or 53,562 SF). The proposal includes the following (please see Proposed Site Plans attachment):
* Two (2) A - Type 3 "Outdoor" license consisting of 53,562 SF of canopy area consisting of the following:
o 34,316 SF outdoor canopy area;
o 10,000 SF outdoor canopy area;
o 6,862 SF outdoor canopy area; and
o 2,384 SF outdoor canopy area.
* One (1) A-Type 13 "Self-Distribution" license
* 120 sq. ft. wooden shed
* Nine 5,000-gallon water storage tanks
* 6-foot-tall screening fencing
Existing development on the subject parcel, includes the following:
* Permitted grou...
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