No decision will be made today or tomorrow on the medical marijuana land use ordinance. Staff will take input and bring back a final version that the Supervisors can choose to adopt at the January 26 meeting.
Size of grows, how cultivation area is measured, state definitions of sizes of grows versus what staff is proposing dominated most of today's board deliberations and discussions.
A straw vote was taken before a break around 3:30 with Board Chair Mark Lovelace voting no, the rest of the Supervisors recommending 5,000 square feet for ministerial grows, Special permits for grows ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 and conditional use permits for larger grows.
While public hearing was closed, people who did not comment last time were allowed to give input. Members of the public attending today were allowed to comment as Supervisors gave feedback and asked staff on the ordinance draft.
There are presentations including a speaker from Berkley at tomorrow's weekly Board medting.
A smaller crowd, compared to the packed chambers last week. Staff went through Option 3 that they are recommending.
Highlights of staff recommendations from Option 3:
Clearance or permit applications closes on 12/31/16
optional ministerial approval threshold of 3,000 square feet for existing grows meeting Humboldt Artisanal standards, residence on site and organic equivalent
No diesel, gasoline, propane generator use for lights or drying
Incentives to retirement, remediation and relocation of commercial cannabis cultivation sites
Maximum grow size 20,000 square feet
New grow permits upto 5,000 square feet
Limit ministerial approval of existing grows
No new or expanded grows on TPZ, FR or U zone timberland grows
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