To: Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): Board of Supervisors
Staff Name and Phone Number: Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, 707-565-2241
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): Fifth
Title:
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Rescind Original Jurisdiction for Conditional Use Permit - UPC17-0069
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
Approve the request to rescind original jurisdiction for the following Conditional Use Permit application for commercial cannabis operations: UPC17-0069, 1478 Valley Ford Freestone Road, Valley Ford, APN 026-080-009. (Fifth District)
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Executive Summary:
The recommended action would rescind original jurisdiction for the Conditional Use Permit application UPC17-0069 located at 1478 Valley Ford Freestone Road located in Valley Ford. The conditional use permit application would be heard by the Board of Zoning Adjustments and any decision could appealed to the Board of Supervisors.
Discussion:
The Conditional Use Permit (UPC17-0069) proposes 43,011 square feet of outdoor cultivation, 500 square feet of indoor cultivation/wholesale nursery and associated propagation, and processing of site-grown cannabis a 10.72-acre parcel. The operator has been cultivating since before 2015 and is currently allowed to cultivation 43,560 square feet (1 acre) of outdoor cultivation under the Penalty Relief Program.
On May 19, 2023, in accordance with Sonoma County Code Section 26-92-155, the Fifth District Supervisor requested that original jurisdiction over this permit application be rescinded. The request need not state a reason and must be approved by a majority of the Board. Upon rescission of original jurisdiction, the Board of Zoning Adjustments will hear UPC17-0069. If the decision of the Board of Zoning Adjustments is appealed, the Board of Supervisors would then hear that permit application. The remaining conditional use permit applications over which the Board of Supervisors voted to exercise original jurisdiction on December 17, 2019, will be scheduled for Board of Supervisors consideration as they are deemed ready by Permit Sonoma planning staff.
Strategic Plan:
N/A
Racial Equity:
Was this item identified as an opportunity to apply the Racial Equity Toolkit?
No
Prior Board Actions:
12/17/2019 - Board of Supervisors exercised original jurisdiction over 19 cannabis use permit applications (https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4283181&GUID=B3E39CB0-BFC3-4DEA-97C2-DF57700DDED3&Options=&Search=)
1/26/2021 - Original jurisdiction rescinded for cannabis use permit application UPC18-0001 (https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4763060&GUID=7AEA9B8E-5DA0-4FEF-8EA3-6FBE981B0135&Options=&Search=)
5/17/2022 - Original jurisdiction rescinded for cannabis use permit applications PLP17-0040 and UPC17-0085 (https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5646267&GUID=C7F1BB11-DB1E-4226-ABD4-FCC0F3C1231C&Options=&Search=)
Fiscal Summary
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Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
These are at-cost planning applications. The applicants pay planning costs.
Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
N/A
Attachments:
None
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
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