UP 23-08 Wellness Ranch 3

UP 23-08 Wellness Ranch 3

The applicant, Wellness Ranch, LLC/Luis Martinez is proposing a Major Use Permit for expansion of the existing cannabis cultivation farm site consisting of two stages of development. Stage I includes the proposed addition of three-acres of outdoor cannabis canopy area, construction of a new 2,500 square foot (sf) structure for 2,400 sf of indoor cannabis canopy, and the use of seven (7) temporary 10’x40’ shipping containers for on-site grown cannabis processing. Stage II includes the construction of a new 2,500 sf ADA compliant processing facility that will be an in-kind replacement of the temporary processing shipping containers. There have been two Minor Use Permits previously approved by the County of Lake on the subject site. The original application (Minor Use Permit MUP 19-15) approved 10,000 sf of outdoor cannabis canopy within a 13,000 sf cultivation area. The second Minor Use Permit MUP 22-11 added an additional 10,000 sf of outdoor canopy area and 2,400 sf of indoor cultivation inside the existing barn building. For clarification purposes, the existing onsite permitted cultivation includes a total of 20,000 square feet (SF) of outdoor cultivation and 2,400 SF of indoor cultivation. Staff has evaluated this project expansion proposal as well as the previously approved two projects identified as MUP 19-15 approved in 2020 and MUP 22-11 approved in 2023; and has determined that the project now qualifies for a Major Use Permit review, and that the impacts from all three permits must be evaluated under CEQA evaluation requirements.

Lakeport, Unincorporated Lakeport

Lake

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Cannabis Program (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Commercial (Commercial Cannabis Cultivation, outdoor and indoor)(Sq. Ft. 145480, Acres 3.3, Employees 4)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Tribal Cultural Resources, Wildfire