Highway 53 Cannabis Cultivation

Highway 53 Cannabis Cultivation

The proposed cultivation project will take place on two contiguous parcels totaling 105.5 acres of land area, located at 1000 and 1270 State Highway 53, Clearlake, California, and is further described as Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 010-055-26 and 010-055-27. The total proposed project premise includes approximately 20 acres of area space with 635,540.40 square feet cultivation area and a total of five (5) acres of cannabis canopy between two sites. The cannabis plants will be grown on the existing natural contours of the ground surface in individual grow bags filled with imported soil. The proposed improvements within the cultivation areas include equipment and soil staging areas, parking areas, water tanks, storage areas for equipment, topsoil, pesticides, and fertilizers. The existing agricultural water system will be pumped and used for irrigation for each fabric smart pots using a drip-line irrigation method for conservation. The proposed project will have a separate water supply to accommodate each parcel; in the northern parcel, there are two wells, one propane-powered pumphouse, and an 8,000-gallon cement cistern and in the southern parcel, there is one well and an 11,000-gallon cement cistern. Water tanks and mixing tanks, ranging from 500 to 5,000 gallons in size, will be used to store water and mix nutrients.

Clearlake

Lake

Northern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), 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 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 Water Rights

Commercial (Cannabis Cultivation)(Sq. Ft. 635540, Acres 20, Employees 10)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Septic System, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire