UP 23-09 Poverty Flats Ranch
Summary
SCH Number
2024080301
Lead Agency
Lake County
Document Title
UP 23-09 Poverty Flats Ranch
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The proposed Poverty Flats Ranch, LLC Project is located at 10535 High Valley Road, Clearlake Oaks, California, on APN 006-004-22. The site is 196.7 acres and is approximately 3.8 miles northwest of Clearlake Oaks. The Project is located within the Shoreline Communities Planning Area. In 2018, the property was burned in the Ranch Fire. The Project property is accessed by a private driveway off High Valley Road. High Valley Road is an existing County-maintained Road, comprised of gravel and natural material. The driveway measures 16 feet in width with an existing 15-foot-wide gate, per Google Earth. The well-established onsite road network is comprised of natural material and gravel. Existing conditions onsite consist of a primarily undeveloped parcel, historically used for recreation purposes. The site is developed with access roads, an existing well and pump house, domestic water tanks, an 18’ x 20’ rain catchment structure, a 16’ x 24’ hunting cabin, two tool sheds, and two shipping containers. The cabin was constructed pre-1968 and the property has primarily been used for permitted hunting activities. The hunting cabin historically included an onsite wastewater treatment system behind the cabin; however, it was damaged in 2018 during the Ranch Fire and is currently non-functional. Per
discussions with the Lake County Environmental Health Division, the onsite system will need to be repaired or decommissioned and reconstructed in order to be used again for domestic or cannabis activities.
Document Description
Major use permit to obtain five (5) A- Type 3 Outdoor cultivation licenses consisting of 5 acres within three separate areas of outdoor cultivation; three (3) A-Type 2 Small Outdoor cultivation licenses consisting of (3) 10,000 sf of outdoor cultivation areas, and one (1) A-Type 13 Self Transportation Only Self Distribution license. Project proposes five greenhouses for immature plants and several small sheds.
Contact Information
Name
Max Stockton
Agency Name
Community Development Planning Division
Job Title
Assistant Planner II
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Unincorporated Clearlake Oaks
Counties
Lake
Regions
Countywide, Northern California, Statewide
Zip
95423
Total Acres
196.7
Parcel #
006-004-22
State Highways
Highway 20
Schools
Konocti Unified
Waterways
Schindler Creek
Other Location Info
High Valley Road
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
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 State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Commercial (Commercial Cannabis Cultivation)(Sq. Ft. 247800, Acres 5.69, Employees 9)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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