Memorandum
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Item #7
9:35 AM
August 25, 2022
STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Mary Darby, Community Development Director
Prepared by: Eric Porter
DATE: August 25, 2022
SUBJECT: Major Use Permit Application, UP 18-34; Michael Hat Open Air Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch; Categorical Exemption, CE 18-50. Location: 4405 and 4410 Thomas Road, Kelseyville. APN: 008-035-58 & 008-033-36
Supervisor District 4
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Site Plan
3. Agency Comments
4. Proposed Conditions of Approval
I. BACKGROUND
On July 10, 2018, the applicant applied for a major use permit to allow an agricultural commercial use (special event venue) for seasonal operations consisting of a pumpkin patch, a corn maze, and other primarily family-type events. The corn maze and pumpkin patch would be open to the public approximately 35 days annually. Article 27, Table B, allows special events on Agriculture-zoned land subject to a major use permit review and approval.
The sites are next to each other, separated by Thomas Road, and are located at 4405 and 4410 Thomas Road, Kelseyville, and identified as APN 008-035-58 and APN 008-033-36. Thomas Road is a dedicated and paved County maintained road.
In April 2020, the applicant requested that the County put his use permit application on hold and informed staff that more changes may be requested to the project, which affects the site plan. Meanwhile, the corn maze and pumpkin patch were granted annual approvals in three consecutive years (2019 through 2021) and through three separate Zoning Permits, each of which allows up to three special events per year.
On July 8, 2022, the applicant requested that the County re-start the review process on use permit, UP 18-34. On July 15, 2022, the applicant submitted a revised site plan showing five shipping c...
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