The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors rejected an appeal filed against a 23-acre cannabis cultivation project by Castlerock Family Farms at its Tuesday meeting.
The board voted 4 to 1. The lone “no” vote cast by 4th District Supervisor and board vice chair Peter Adam. Filed by the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis, the appeal against the Castlerock project cited eight issues that the county staff dismissed with a response detailed in the meeting’s board letter.
Grievances the coalition expressed during the meeting were largely centered on the issue of cannabis odors disrupting nearby non-cannabis agricultural operations.
Castlerock Family Farms had its land-use permit for cannabis growing approved on July 26, 2019, which was then appealed the following August. On May 19, 2020, the project was revised to remove on-site processing and remove all cannabis activities west of Cultivation Area C, its smallest cultivation area.
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