LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Planning Commission is set to discuss proposals for two cannabis projects, one in Clearlake and one in Middletown.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The agenda is here.
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At 9:05 a.m., the commission will hold a public hearing to consider a major use permit and initial study for a cannabis project proposed by Blue Oak Farms LLC, located at 1756 Ogulin Canyon Road in Clearlake.
The project as planned includes 89,620 square feet of outdoor canopy area within a cultivation area of 2.65 acres, as well as storage sheds, security, portable toilets and two 2,500-gallon water tanks.
Staff reported that the property management plan expects annual water use will be 3,000 gallons per day per acre, equaling 720,000 gallons for two acres of outdoor canopy over a 120 day-cultivation season; daily water demand would be 6,000 gallons.
Based on well yield, the staff report said the project would use 2.7% of the well capacity.
Also on Thursday, at 9:10 a.m., the commission will hold a public hearing to consider a minor use permit and an appeal of early activation for Flower Lady Farms, owned by Malcolm Dunshee.
The project involves 14,820 square feet of outdoor cultivation in the first phase of operations on a 23-acre property at 12345 Seigler Canyon Road, Middletown, staff reported.
Dunshee applied for early activation in August, with an appeal filed by Coast Range Wetlands Inc., a company that owns and operates the Seigler Valley Wetland Mitigation Bank, a 36-acre, federally approved and grant-funded wetland restoration project less than 200 feet east of the cannabis farm.
A hydrology report included in the meeting documents estimates the operation will use between 233,766 and 327,273 gallons of water from May to December, or 1,369 gallons a day, and amount the project should be able to meet without causing overdraft, that report said.
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Lake County Planning Commission to consider Clearlake, Middletown cannabis projects
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