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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Applicant Appeal of the Planning Commission Approval of the Ceres Farms Mixed-Light Cannabis Cultivation Project, Case Nos. 22APL-000000-00028 and 19CDP-00000-00015, First District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
In order to grant the appeal and approve the Project, take the following actions:
a) Grant the appeal, Case No. 22APL-00000-00028;
b) Make the required findings for approval of the modified Project, Case No. 19CDP-00000-00015, (Attachment 1 of the Board Agenda Letter, dated December 1, 2022) including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
c) Determine that the previously certified Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (17EIR-00000-00003) is adequate and no subsequent Environmental Impact Report or Negative Declaration is required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections Section 15162 and 15168(c)(2) (Attachments 3 and 4 of the Memo dated December 12, 2022); and
d) Grant de novo approval of the modified Project, Case No. 19CDP-00000-00015, subject to the conditions of approval (Attachment 2 of the Memo dated December 12, 2022).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY