Calamus Nursery
Summary
SCH Number
2024090302
Public Agency
California Department of Cannabis Control
(DCC)
Document Title
Calamus Nursery
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/10/2024
Document Description
The Department of Cannabis Control, pursuant to authority granted under Business and Procession Code, Section 26012, approved a commercial cannabis distribution license submitted on May 8, 2024, by Calamus Nursery. The Project will consist of approximately 715,000 square feet of canopy area for commercial cannabis cultivation in existing and reconstructed greenhouses, and approximately 10,000 square feet of nonvolatile cannabis processing/manufacturing operations within an existing warehouse at 1400 San Juan Road, Royal Oaks. Distribution is considered ancillary for annual licenses in Monterey County. The parcel is zoned Farmland, 40 acres per unit (F/40), which allows commercial cannabis cultivation and manufacturing operations subject to a Use Permit. The cultivation and manufacturing operation are proposed within existing greenhouses, with the exception of two greenhouses that will be reconstructed, in the Farmland zoning district. Drying, trimming, curing, packaging, and nonvolatile manufacturing will occur within existing warehouses on-site.
Contact Information
Name
Danielle Clendening
Agency Name
Department of Cannabis Control Cultivation Licensing Branch
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Royal Oaks
Counties
Monterey
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
1400 San Juan Road
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1 Categorical Exemption, CCR §15301
Reasons for Exemption
The Department of Cannabis Control has determined that the project is a Class 1 Categorical Exemption project. Class 1 Categorical Exemptions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alterations to existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. None of the exceptions to this exemption defined in Section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Monterey
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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