Humboldt County's Planning Commission has approved a package of cannabis cultivation permits that span multiple acres on a single parcel east of Bridgeville. At its Jan. 15 meeting, the commission approved four cultivation projects totaling more than 5 acres on an 812-acre parcel accessed from State Route 36 in Larabee Valley in eastern Humboldt.
The permits were considered as an overall project and all of them consist of outdoor cultivation, four acres of it new, along with "ancillary nurseries." Annual combined water use is estimated at 4.6 million gallons drawn from three existing ponds and a proposed rainwater catchment pond along with five permitted groundwater wells. Senior Planner Steven Santos said all of the wells were "evaluated by a geologist who determined that they're all hydrologically disconnected."
Onsite processing is proposed for the existing cultivation and the new operations will use offsite processing. A mix of solar and grid power is proposed and the only generator use will be for emergency back-up.
The four farms in the project package are approved under conditional use permits plus an additional permit for restoration work in one of the cultivation areas. The applicants are Natura Blue inc., 4 Wheel Properties LLC, Jennifer Dunn and Cali's Finest LLC. There was no public comment during the hearing and only one written comment was received.
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