CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The same week as the Lakeport City Council held a first reading on a medical marijuana cultivation ordinance, the Clearlake City Council is set to discuss its own ordinance to govern where marijuana is grown in the city.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 23, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
City Manager Joan Phillipe is taking to the council a proposed ordinance that mirrors the county’s medical marijuana cultivation ordinance, which the council previously had indicated it wanted to use as a template.
The city’s ordinance proposes the following maximum plants numbers and parcel sizes, with associated setbacks: half an acre or less, 6 plants, 10 foot setbacks on lots smaller than half an acre and 25 feet on half-acre lots; lots of between half and acre and less than one acre, 12 plants, 75 foot setback; one acre up to just under five acres, 18 plants, 150 foot setback from off-site residences; five acres to less than 40 acres, 36 plants, 150 foot setback to off-site residences; 40 acres or larger, 48 plants, 150 foot setback from off-site residences.
The ordinance also prohibits outdoor cultivation at mobile home parks – outside of a designated garden area – and multifamily dwellings, Phillipe said. In addition, processing of marijuana must be compliant with the number of plants that can be grown on those parcels.
Other business items on the council’s Thursday agenda include consideration of awarding a bid for the Safe Routes to School project, report on the progress regarding council’s direction to make Pomo Road a one-way street, consideration of a lease agreement between the city and Lake County Youth Services for the operation of the youth center at 4750 Golf Ave., and the first reading of an ordinance relating to state video service franchises.
The council also will discuss scheduling budget workshops for June 6 and June 20, and hold a discussion to determine if there is conceptual approval to move forward with a contract with Lake County Animal Care and Control.
Also on the council agenda will be two public presentations, one from Police Chief Craig Clausen extending his gratitude to community members and volunteers in the wake of the Mikaela Lynch search, and a proclamation designating May 2012 as Watershed Awareness Month.
Items on the consent agenda – considered to be noncontroversial and accepted as a slate with one vote – include minutes from the April 11, April 25 and May 9 meetings; authorization of a professional engineering services agreement for construction management and inspection of the city’s Old Highway 53 and Dam Road Safe Routes to School projects; receipt of a letter from Lake Community Pride Foundation giving notice of termination of the contract with the city for the use of 4750 Golf Ave. for the youth center; and consideration of a temporary street closure for a a portion of Golf Avenue between Lakeshore Drive and Ballpark Avenue for a special event.
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