C&M Topsoil Soil Amendment and Large-Scale Commercial Organics Processing Facility Conditional Use Permit (CUP), Case No. PL23-0094.

C&M Topsoil Soil Amendment and Large-Scale Commercial Organics Processing Facility Conditional Use Permit (CUP), Case No. PL23-0094.

The applicant requests a CUP to authorize the continued use and expansion of a Soil Amendment and Commercial Organics Processing Operation for a 15-year period. The operation, which also constitutes an agricultural material composting operation subject to Title 14, Section 17856, of the California Code of Regulations, is a Large-Scale Commercial Organics Processing Operation and shall be limited to storing and processing (screening, grinding, composting, chipping, and blending) 12,500 cubic yards of soil amendment and compost materials with feedstock that includes manure, horse bedding, and green waste (tree trimmings only, no residential curbside waste). Vermiculture activities are no longer a component of the operation and not permitted with this project. Processing areas and stabilized compost/finished product areas shall be restricted to the areas depicted in the stamped and approved site plans for the project and generally located in the northeast and southwest quadrants of the project site (Exhibit 3 of the Planning Commission Hearing Staff Report on September 19, 2024). All products are sold, given away, or beneficially used within 90 days of the acceptance of the raw materials. Feedstock materials shall not be accepted at any time when the storage capacity of the site, 12,500 cubic yards of soil amendment and compost materials, would be exceeded by such delivery. The CUP boundary is limited to 8.88 acres of a 51.85-acre parcel located at 4730 Tapo Canyon Road. Structures for the proposed project are detailed in Table 1 of the attachd Notice of Determination. Equipment for the proposed project includes a portable truck scale, screener/blender, grinder, loader, tractors, and trucks that are used to process and transport soil amendment and compost materials. The operation employs nine staff and shall be limited to the operating hours of Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Saturday from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and closed Sundays. The facility is open to the public and anticipates 18 truck trips per day (nine loads). A total of 21 parking spaces are provided for employees and customers including nine employee spaces and 12 customer spaces, as well as six overnight truck spaces. Of this amount, one accessible ADA parking space for disabled persons will be available for employees or customers. The proposed project does not include grading and all activities related to the operation will occur on areas of the project site previously disturbed by cattle ranching, horticultural activities, and the unlawful expansion of the soil amendment and organics processing operation. Water is provided by the City of Simi Valley. Sanitary facilities, consisting of at least one toilet with hand washing facilities (with potable water from an approved source) shall be available to personnel at or in the immediate vicinity of the site as approved by the Ventura County Environmental Health Division Local Enforcement Agency. Septage from portable toilets must be removed by a Ventura County Environmental Health Division permitted chemical pumper truck and must be properly disposed of at an approved septage disposal site pursuant to Condition Number 31 (Exhibit 4 of the Planning Commission Hearing Staff Report on September 19, 2024).

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