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Board adopts minor ordinance clarifications on cannabis violation timing and Shandon habitat buffer
Summary
Supervisors approved corrections to the county code that remove a five‑day correction period provision for certain cannabis/hemp violations and clarify how the Shandon Vicinity Creek and Habitat Areas habitat buffer standard is applied when specific development projects proceed.
The Board of Supervisors adopted two minor code amendments intended to clarify existing county standards: one related to cannabis and industrial‑hemp violation procedures, and one to clarify application of a Shandon habitat buffer requirement in the inland land use code.
Planning staff said the cannabis-related change removes an outdated five‑day correction‑period reference from Title 1 and aligns enforcement language with earlier 2024 amendments to Titles 22 and 23 that allow immediate abatement of cannabis operations posing threats to public health and safety. The Shandon amendment clarifies that a previously described wildlife corridor requirement applies upon build‑out of a particular development (the Falling Star project) or a similar project; staff said the amendment does not change buffer sizes or add new habitat standards, but corrects a figure citation and clarifies the standard’s application now that Falling Star is not advancing.
Tristan Roach, lead planner, and supervisory staff presented the item. One property owner’s representative, Ty Green, told the board the change corrects a historic mapping error that bisected agricultural property and that the corridor restriction was never intended to preclude normal agricultural access when the large development did not occur.
After brief discussion, supervisors approved the ordinance amendments by recorded vote.
