Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to vote on Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance this afternoon

Public comment is at 1:30, then there are two other items. If you have an opinion about this ordinance, which affects small parcels, read the attachments, show up and speak.

What action will be taken depend on your participation or lack thereof.

Item No. 3: Zoning Ordinance Revisions. Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance Phase II - Regulation
of Neighborhood Impacts from Outdoor Cultivation on Small Parcels. Case Number
OR-14-001 Applies Countywide

Recommendation:
That the Board of Supervisors introduce the Modified Ordinance No. _____ by
title and waive further reading [Attachment 1]; open the public hearing, receive
and consider the staff report and proposed determination of exempt status under
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and accept public comment;
deliberate on the Recent Modifications to the Draft Ordinance; accept the recent
modifications to the ordinance performed by staff pursuant to prior Board
direction; approve Resolution No. _____ [Attachment 2] adopting the proposed
Zoning Ordinance changes and making the CEQA findings. Approval of the
proposed changes to Chapter 4 of the Zoning Regulations (Outside the Coastal
Zone) will become effective 30 days from the date of its passage. Approval of
the proposed changes to Chapter 3 (Inside the Coastal Zone) will become
effective upon certification by the Coastal Commission; adopt Ordinance No.
_____ [Attachment 1] amending sections 313-55.1 and 314-55.1, and adding
sections 313-55.2 and 314-55.2 to Title III of the Humboldt County Code,
regulating the Outdoor Cultivation of Medical Marijuana on Small Parcels;
direct the Planning & Building Department Current Planning Division to
transmit the Local Coastal Program Amendment to the California Coastal
Commission for certification in accordance with the Coastal Act; direct the Clerk
of the Board to publish a Summary of the Ordinance within 15-days after
adoption of the ordinance by the Board, along with the names of those
Supervisors voting for and against the ordinance [Attachment 3] and to post in
the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors a certified copy of the full
text of the adopted ordinance along with the names of those Supervisors voting
for and against the ordinance; direct the Clerk of the Board to record in the
minutes of the Board meeting that the ordinance has been duly published and
posted, and to give notice of the decision to any interested parties; close the
Public Hearing.

These two attachments can be found on the Humboldt County website:
Medical Marijuana Outdoor Cultivation on Small Parcels.pdf
Public Comment on Medical Marijuana Outdoor Ordinance.pdf