A land use permit for a cannabis cultivation operation about 2½ miles west of Buellton was denied Tuesday by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, which declined to rule on an appeal of a previously approved permit.
Supervisors unanimously denied the permit application of Santa Rita Valley Ag solely because the company had not secured approval from the property owner after the lease on the site expired earlier this year.
Marc Chytilo, attorney for Blair Pence, who appealed the project twice, asked the board to approve the latest appeal at the same time.
But County Planning and Development Department Director Lisa Plowman said the staff could not make the findings necessary to uphold the appeal, so the recommendation was only for the board to deny the project permit.
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