Title
REF150048 - Outdoor Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Pilot Program
Public hearing to consider adoption of two ordinances amending Titles 20 and 21 of Monterey County Codes (coastal and non-coastal zoning ordinances) to create a pilot program establishing permit requirements and regulations for limited outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation in the Big Sur, Carmel Valley, and Cachagua Planning areas.
Location: Big Sur, Carmel Valley, and Cachagua Planning areas
Proposed CEQA action: Statutorily exempt pursuant to California Business and Professions Code section 26055(h).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Find the project is the adoption of commercial cannabis ordinances that require subsequent discretionary permits that are themselves subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review, and therefore are statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 26055(h);
b. Adopt an ordinance (Attachment F) adding Chapter 20.69 to the Monterey County Coastal Implementation Plan, Part 1 (Title 20, coastal zoning ordinance) to create a pilot program establishing land use regulations for limited outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation in the Big Sur Land Use Plan area (subject to certification by the California Coastal Commission);
c. Adopt an ordinance (Attachment E) adding Chapter 21.69 to Title 21 (non-coastal zoning ordinance) of the Monterey County Code to create a pilot program establishing land use regulations for limited outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation in the Carmel Valley Master Plan and Cachagua Area Plan;
d. Certify that the ordinance establishing the outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation pilot program in the Big Sur Land Use Plan area (item "b" above) is intended to be carried out in a manner fully in conformity with the Coastal Act; and
e. Direct staff to transmit the ordinance (item "b" above) to the California Coastal Commission for certification.
Staff has at...
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