Five Eleven and Honeydew Farms owner gets ok from Planning Commission for medical marijuana cultivation project

Owner of Five Eleven restaurant in Eureka and owner of Hondydew Farms, LLC, Alex Moore, got the okay from the Humboldt Planning Commission yesterday for the following project.

7. Honeydew Farms, LLC (Alex Moore) Conditional Use Permits
The Honeydew Farms Medical Marijuana Cultivation Project owned and operated by Honeydew
Farms, LLC (proposed project) seeks approval of several Conditional Use Permits ) in
compliance with the County Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO)
and the Medical Marijuana Safety and Regulation Act (MMRSA) for new outdoor commercial
cannabis cultivation, ancillary processing activities, minor expansion of existing support
facilities and permitting of existing outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation. The project site is
comprised of two parcels, Parcel One (APN 107-311-001) is 613.7 acres in size and Parcel Two
(APN 107-311-002) is 200.6 acres in size.
The existing outdoor cultivation occurs in nine greenhouses with a total cultivation area of
25,720 square feet (sf) located in three cultivation sites on Parcel One and five greenhouses with
a total existing cultivation area of 17,800 sf are located on Parcel Two. Conditional Use Permits
for existing cultivation areas are subject to CMMLUO Section 314-55.4.8.2.2.
A total of 235,640 sf (5.4 acres) of new outdoor cultivation are proposed to be located on Parcel
One in fenced fields in designated areas located on prime agricultural soils resulting in a total of
261,360 sf of new cultivation, with a maximum area of 43,560 sf (1 acre) per permit pursuant to
CMMLUO Section 314-55.4.8.2.1.1 applicable to parcels 320 acres or larger.
The proposed project seeks a total of seven CUPs for all existing and proposed outdoor
commercial cannabis activities. Because of the four permit limitation in CMMLUO 55.4.8.10,
only four of the seven authorized permits will be issued to the applicant. Three additional
permits may be issued to one or more assignees of the applicant, subject to a substantial
conformance review application by the assignee(s) for approval by the Planning Director.
Make all of the required findings, based on evidence in the staff report and
conditionally approve the Honeydew Farms, LLC application as described in the
Agenda Item Transmittal subject to the conditions of approval.
Recommendation:
Attachments: CUP-16-007 - 010 Staff Report
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT