SCH Number 2023020681

Project Info

Title

UP 21-53 Fire Mountain Farm

Description

Fire Mountain Ranch Lower Lake, LLC (FMRLL) is seeking a Major Use Permit from the County of Lake for a proposed commercial cannabis cultivation operation at 21506 Morgan Valley Road near Lower Lake, CA on Lake County APN 012-069-17 (Project Parcel/Property). FMRLL’s proposed commercial cannabis cultivation operation would be composed of three A-Type 3 “Medium Outdoor” cultivation areas, three A-Type 1C “Mixed-Light” cultivation areas, a 3,000 ft2 Immature Plant Area/Greenhouse, a 6,000 ft2 Processing Facility, and a 160 ft2 Pesticides & Agricultural Chemical Storage Area. The total cultivation area of the proposed cannabis cultivation operation (as defined in Chapter 21, Article 27 of the Lake County Code), including the combined cultivation areas, Immature Plant Area, Processing Facility, and Pesticides & Agricultural Chemicals Storage Area, is 147,340 ft2. The Project Parcel has been enrolled for coverage under the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) Cannabis General Order since September 20th, 2018 (WDID: 5S17CC403957). The 79-acre RL and APZ-zoned Project Parcel is located on the eastern slopes of Sky High Ridge/Mountain, within the Rocky Creek-Cache Creek watershed (HUC12), and approximately 4.5 miles east of Lower Lake, CA. The Project Parcel is accessed via a shared private gravel access road off of Morgan Valley Road. Areas of the proposed cultivation operation would be accessed via the shared private gravel access road and private gravel access roads off of the shared private gravel access road. Locking metal gates across the private gravel access roads would control access to the Project Parcel and the proposed cultivation operation. Historical land uses of the Project Parcel include extensive agriculture (animal grazing), collective cannabis cultivation, as well as a rural residential estate. The property was burned in the Rocky Fire of 2015.

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