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Planning commission denies Soda Bay mixed-light cannabis project over cultural and hydrological concerns
Summary
Lake County commissioners voted 4–1 to deny the major use permit and design review for PL-25-67 (Soda Bay Road), citing insufficient current biological and cultural surveys, flooding and Clear Lake hitch habitat risks, and public opposition from neighboring land trust and tribal stakeholders.
The Lake County Planning Commission on March 26 denied a proposed mixed-light cannabis cultivation project at 140 and 270 Soda Bay Road (PL-25-67/UP21-40/DR2306), concluding that potential cultural and environmental impacts could not be shown to be mitigated to less than significant.
Staff presentation: Associate planner Trish Turner described the proposal as 43,200 square feet of mixed-light canopy inside greenhouses, a 6,000-square-foot processing nonvolatile manufacturing building and a 2,400-square-foot distribution facility on roughly 44.31 acres in the unincorporated Lakeport area. The site lies in an AO flood zone and contains vineyard and agricultural uses; staff flagged the Clear Lake hitch spawing habitat in Manning Creek and required elevation…
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