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Yolo County planning commission approves Kind Farms expansion to add indoor cannabis canopy and self-distribution license
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a use permit allowing Kind Farms LLC to convert outdoor canopy into additional mixed‑light greenhouse canopy and to apply for a self‑distribution license, subject to conditions including odor controls, energy standards and setbacks.
The Yolo County Planning Commission on a 5-0 vote approved a use permit that lets Kind Farms LLC seek state and county licenses to cultivate up to 2 acres of cannabis canopy and to obtain a self-distribution license, staff said.
Staff planner Aaron Brown told the commission the project would eliminate the existing 4.7-acre outdoor footprint and add mixed‑light greenhouse space, expanding indoor canopy by about one acre in a new 98,784-square-foot greenhouse just south of the existing greenhouse. The site is a 20-acre parcel in agricultural‑intensive (AN) zoning about 3.5 miles south of the town of Madison and is accessed from County Road 89.
The commission heard that the site has been used for cannabis cultivation since 2018, that Kind Farms had cultivated roughly one acre annually except in 2023, and that the current aggregate flowering canopy is about 43,368…
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