LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Planning Commission will meet this week to discuss several cannabis projects, a billboard permit extension and teleconferencing rules.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 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 consider adoption of the Assembly Bill 361 findings authorizing teleconference meetings during a state of emergency.
At 9:10 a.m., a public hearing will take place to consider the approval of a major use permit sought by Charles Collins and High Caliber Farms.
The project requests three A-Type 3 medium outdoor cultivation licenses and one A-Type 13 self-distribution license for commercial cannabis cultivation and distribution, with 37,466 square feet of canopy on a 78-acre property at 12194 White Rock Canyon Road in Upper Lake.
At 9:15 a.m., the commission will hold a public hearing to consider a request from LaMonica Signs for a five-year extension for a major use permit for an existing billboard at 255 Soda Bay Road in Lakeport.
A public hearing timed for 9:25 a.m. will consider a major use permit sought by Brian D. Pensack and Garrett W. Burdick of Lake Vista Farms LLC for 15 acres of outdoor commercial cannabis canopy area within five fenced cultivation areas, up to 25.8 acres, at 2050 and 2122 Ogulin Canyon Road in Clearlake.
The cultivation accessory items include portable toilets, trash enclosures, vegetative waste storage area, 2,500-gallon water storage tanks at each cultivation area, and Conex shipping containers and/or 8-foot by 8-foot storage sheds or similar for storage of pesticides, fertilizers, and hazardous materials, with an onsite nursery within an existing barn.
The commission also will hold a public hearing, timed for 9:20 a.m., for an amendment to an original use permit for Coast Oak and Carl Tharp at 7560 Highway 29, Kelseyville.
The project proposes to convert 14,080 square feet of mixed light commercial cannabis cultivation to 15,000 square feet of outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation.
Also on Thursday, the commission is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. to consider reimbursement of up to $1,008 for out of county travel to a conference hosted by the California County Planning Commissioners Association in Eureka, which will be held Oct. 15 and 16.
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Lake County Planning Commission to consider cannabis, billboard permits
- Elizabeth Larson