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OUTDOOR CANNABIS CULTIVATION PILOT PROGRAM UPDATES AND REVISIONS TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOR INDOOR CULTIVATION
Public hearing to consider a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on draft ordinances amending Monterey County Code (coastal and non-coastal zoning ordinances) to amend:
(a) Renewable energy generation requirements for indoor cannabis cultivation (Chapter 20.67 and 21.67);
(b) Expand the outdoor cannabis cultivation regulations to include the Central Salinas Valley Area and add grazing land zoning districts within the Central Salinas Valley and Cachagua Area Plans to locations where outdoor cultivation may be permitted (Chapter 21.69); and
(c) Reduce the setback required from the nearest off-site structure from 500 feet to 250 feet, to modify the criteria for granting and exception to the setback from the nearest off-site structure, to increase the maximum allowable canopy from 10,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet, and to extend the pilot program from 5 years to 8 years (Chapters 20.69 and 21.69).
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission recommend 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).
b) Adopt an ordinance (Attachment 1) amending Chapter 21.67 of Title 21 (non-coastal zoning) of the Monterey County Code to modify energy requirements for indoor cannabis cultivation and amending Chapter 21.69 of Title 21 (the Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation Pilot Program) to:
1) Expand the outdoor cannabis cultivation pilot program to include the Central Salinas Valley Area;
2) Add grazing land zoning districts within the Central Salinas Valley and Cachagua Area Plans as locations where outdoor cannabis cultivation may be permitted;
3) Reduce the setback...
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