Title
REF150048 - Expansion of Greenhouses and Industrial Buildings for Cannabis Cultivation
Public hearing to consider adoption an ordinance amending Section 21.67.050 of Title 21 of the Monterey County Code (non-coastal zoning ordinance) to:
(a) Allow for permitting of commercial cannabis cultivation within new or expanded greenhouses on properties zoned Farmland that contain at least one greenhouse that was legally established prior to January 1, 2016;
(b) Within Industrial zones, rescind language limiting permitting of commercial cannabis cultivation to occur within industrial buildings legally established prior to January 1, 2016;
(c) Allow permitting of medium cultivation license types (having a canopy of between 10,001 square feet and 22,000 square feet) with an administrative permit in the Light Industrial zoning district; and
(d) Amend language references to permitting of outdoor commercial cannabis.
Location: Inland unincorporated areas
Proposed CEQA action: Statutorily exempt pursuant to California Business and Professions Code section 26055(h).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
There are timing benefits to amending the ordinance before July 1, 2021. Should the Board have a desire to act in light of the time constraints, staff recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Find the project is the adoption of commercial cannabis regulations that require subsequent discretionary permits that are themselves subject to CEQA review, and therefore is statutorily exempt from CEQA the pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 26055(h); and
b. Adopt an ordinance (Attachment A) amending Section 21.67.050 of Title 21 of the Monterey County Code (non-coastal zoning ordinance) to:
1) Allow for permitting of commercial cannabis cultivation within new or expanded greenhouses on properties zoned Farmland that contain at least one greenhouse that was legally established prior to January 1, 2016;
2) Within Industrial zones, rescind language limiting permitting of commerci...
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