The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, in the Board of Supervisors chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
The medical marijuana ordinances discussion is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
Last year, the county's Community Development Department began working on zoning-specific ordinances to govern where and how medical marijuana is handled, as Lake County News has reported.
On Sept. 15, 2009, the Board of Supervisors adopted a temporary moratorium on establishing new medical marijuana dispensaries in order to give its planning staff time to complete the documents.
Community Development Director Rick Coel will take two ordinances to the board on Tuesday.
The first, a 19-page document covering dispensaries, will require – among other things – a major use permit for such establishments, with regulations including a 1,000-foot setback from schools, parks, libraries, recovery facilities, and any day care or youth-oriented establishment. The permits will be valid for two years, and must be renewed every two years afterward.
Dispensaries also can't be located within 200 feet of residential zoning districts, and no onsite cultivation will be allowed.
Applications for dispensaries also must include the number of members, detailed floor plans, onsite security, lists of fertilizers and chemicals used, proof of eligibility including articles of incorporation or nonprofit status. Annual compliance monitoring will the responsibility of the Lake County Sheriff's Office and Community Development, at the permit holder's expense, according to the ordinance's language.
The draft ordinance for medical marijuana cultivation, would require a zoning permit for individuals and a major use permit for collectives and cooperatives, the latter language crossing over with the directives of the other draft ordinance. Large cultivation sites would need to be at least 10 acres in size, have agricultural buffers, setbacks from creeks and onsite security.
For individuals growing their own medical marijuana, the draft ordinance limits indoor and outdoor growing space to 60 square feet for one person or 100 square feet for two people. Outdoor grows must be screened from public view, and no medical marijuana can be cultivated or placed within 20 feet of a property line. Those applying for the zoning permit application must reside at the site.
Permits for individuals grows will be granted for a two-year term, and must be renewed every two years, the ordinance stated.
The ordinances already have critics that say they are too limiting and that the restrictions may challenge state law.
In other business, at 9:45 a.m. the board will consider recommendations from the Lake County Animal Care and Control Advisory Board, regarding an investigation involving county animal control officer Terrie Flynn.
Dr. Susan Cannon, the advisory board's chair, sent the board a letter regarding the case, as Lake County News has reported. To see Cannon's full letter, click here: Animal Care and Control Advisory Board issues final letter on neglect case .
In February, Flynn was issued notices of violation for six horses, and later signed over an injured stallion to Animal Care and Control and later also surrendered another horse to horse rescue.
The board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations.
Other items on the agenda include the following.
Timed items
9 a.m.: Approval of consent agenda, which includes items that are expected to be routine and noncontroversial, and will be acted upon by the board at one time without discussion; presentation of animals available for adoption at Lake County Animal Care and Control; consideration of items not appearing on the posted agenda.
9:05 a.m.: Citizen's input. Any person may speak for three minutes about any subject of concern, provided that it is within the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors and is not already on the agenda. Prior to this time, speakers must fill out a slip giving name, address and subject (available in the Clerk of the Board’s Office, first floor, courthouse).
9:10 a.m.: (a) Presentation of proclamation designating the week of May 2-8 as Wildfire Awareness Week in Lake County; (b) Presentation of proclamation designating the month of May as Watershed Awareness Month in Lake County.
9:15 a.m.: Presentation by California State Association of Counties (CSAC) regarding the state budget, CSAC programs and services, CSAC’s new communication tools and other items of interest to counties.
Non-timed items
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Discussion/consideration of proposed resolution approving an application for funding under the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Community Facilities Program for the Middletown Library and Senior Center.
– Update from the Code Enforcement Division concerning current case load, examples of voluntary compliance and other statistical information.
– Discussion/consideration of proposed Resolution approving a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide an Animal Damage Control Program for the County of Lake Discussion/consideration of request to transfer Child Support Services main telephone line to an out-of-county call center.
– Discussion/consideration of proposed memorandum of understanding by and between the county of Lake and the Lake County Hunger Task Force for use of the property behind Nylander Park restroom for temporary gardening privileges (annual rental of $1.00).
– Discussion/consideration of proposed amendment seven to the agreement between the county of Lake and Pavement Engineering Inc. for engineering services for Big Valley Rancheria Transportation Project (an increase of $6,264.59, total amount of agreement $373,224.74).
– Discussion/consideration of request to sign proposed HUD-50077-CR: Civil Rights Certification Form.
Consent agenda
– Approve Minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held on April 13 and 20.
– Adopt proclamation designating the week of May 2-8 as Wildfire Awareness Week in Lake County.
– Adopt proclamation designating the month of May as Watershed Awareness Month in Lake County.
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ approving Agreement No. 10-0024 with the state of California, Department of Food and Agriculture and authorizing execution and signature of advertising and labeling of petroleum and automotive products as well as inspection of public weighmasters.
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ approving Agreement #09-0796 with the State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture and authorizing execution and signature for pest detection/ European Grapevine Moth activities from March 1 through June 30.
– Approve engineering and inspection agreement between the county of Lake and the Middletown Unified School District for review of plans and specifications and inspection of work for an Encroachment Permit located at 20931 and 20771 Big Canyon Road, Middletown, CA (APNs
014-490-13 and 014-490-15), and authorize the chair to sign.
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