The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has approved a 25-acre cannabis cultivation project on West Highway 246 after denying an appeal filed by neighbors concerned about odor.
Planning and Development Director Lisa Plowman said the board already had approved two nearby cannabis projects after hearing appeals — the 50-acre West Coast Farms LLC project and the 22-acre Busy Bee Organics project.
The supervisors on Tuesday added a revised condition for the Castlerock Family Farms II LLC approval: The three harvests a year cannot last longer than one month each. The board voted 4-1 to deny the appeal and approve the project, with Supervisor Peter Adam dissenting.
Supervisor Joan Hartmann, whose district includes the Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Rita Hills, said the county seems to have no way to address the concentration of cannabis farms in the current ordinance.
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