Sunnyside Organics, Conditional Use Permit and Blessed Flower Farm, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit (Project)
Summary
SCH Number
2025080050
Public Agency
California Department of Cannabis Control
(DCC)
Document Title
Sunnyside Organics, Conditional Use Permit and Blessed Flower Farm, Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit (Project)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/1/2025
Document Description
The Project will consist of two separate Conditional Use Permits, each for approximately 10,000 square feet (SF) (19,745 SF total) of existing greenhouse outdoor and open-air cannabis cultivation occurring in three cultivation sites on the subject parcel that is approximately 187 acres in size. There are two appurtenant propagation nurseries on the parcel to support the cultivation activities. Approximately 12,352 SF of existing cultivation will be relocated onsite within APN 212-051-013 to avoid Streamside Management Areas around seasonal watercourses. The project includes a Special Permit for restoration within the Streamside Management Area. For the 2018 cultivation year and thereafter, cultivation will consist of existing and relocated existing outdoor medical cannabis in three main consolidated cultivation sites including one outdoor cultivation site managed by Blessed Flower Farms, LLC and two greenhouse-based cultivation sites managed by Sunnyside Organics, LLC. All product grown on-site will be dried in an existing 1,900 SF building and processed in a proposed 1,500 SF drying and processing building and an additional proposed 800 SF drying building. Power for cultivation and processing activities is supplied by three generators and one solar system. There will be six employees for Blessed Flower Farm and six employees for Sunnyside Organics during peak season, which is approximately four months of the year. Two septic systems currently support the existing residential structure and the Blessed Flower Farm project. Two additional septic systems are planned to support the secondary residence and Sunnyside Organics project. Employees would utilize the secondary septic system. This application is replacing LCA18-0003018.
Contact Information
Name
Cassandra Castillanes
Agency Name
Department of Cannabis Control
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Citywide
Zip
95553
Parcel #
221-011-019
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1 Categorical Exemption, CCR §15301
Reasons for Exemption
The Department of Cannabis Control has determined that the project is a Class 1 Categorical Exemption project. Class 1 Categorical Exemptions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alterations to existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. This application is replacing an existing cultivation application. None of the exceptions to this exemption defined in Section 15300.2 apply.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 3 Categorical Exemption, CCR §15303
Reasons for Exemption
The Department of Cannabis Control has determined that the project is a Class 3 Categorical Exemption project. Class 3 consists of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure. The numbers of structures described in this section are the maximum allowable on any legal parcel. None of the exceptions to this exemption defined in Section 15300.2 apply.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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