LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Planning Commission is due this week to consider two large cannabis operations, including one in a former pear packing shed.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.
The webinar ID is 915 5965 2065, the pass code is 034040.
The meeting also can be viewed on the county’s website or Facebook page, and Lake County PEG TV (TV8).
The commission will hold a public hearing at 9:05 a.m. to consider a proposed major use permit and mitigated negative declaration based on initial study for 42,000 square feet of outdoor commercial cannabis canopy area at 26936 Jerusalem Grade, Middletown. The applicant is 26936 Jerusalem Grade/Travis Lisenbee.
At 9:10 a.m., the commission will hold a public hearing to consider a proposed major use permit and mitigated negative declaration based on initial study for Adobe Creek LLC/2CW Productions Inc./Highmark Land Co. LLC for commercial cannabis processing in what was formerly Adobe Creek Packing at 4820 Loasa Road in Kelseyville.
The proposed processing operation, located on 31 acres, would include the following in existing facilities: a 44,440 square foot drying and office building; a 23,744 square foot processing, packaging and harvest storage building; a 25,300 square foot cold storage building; a 24,250 square foot drying building; a 1,000 square foot maintenance building; and a 2,325 square foot security building. There also would be 10 320 square foot frozen harvest storage areas in modular freezer units.
Most of the public comments submitted on the project oppose it.
They include letters from Kelseyville Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dave McQueen, who said he opposes it due to its close proximity to district schools. One of the district’s board members, Allison Panella, also submitted a letter in opposition.
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