Tentative ruling issued by Judge Tana L. Coates on Jul. 14, 2020 in San Luis Obispo County, CA - Case no: xxxxx321

I. BACKGROUND
In February 2018, SLO Cultivation, Inc. (“SLO Cultivation”) filed an application for a Conditional Use Permit (“CUP”) to establish a cannabis operation on a 75-acre site zoned for agricultural use in Nipomo. (AR 0879.) The proposed site already included a 5-acre commercial greenhouse used for cucumber cultivation, an avocado grove, a single-family residence, and two storage sheds. (AR 0183.) The application proposed indoor cannabis cultivation and processing in the eastern 2.5-acre section of the existing nursery (the “Project”), with the western half of the greenhouse continuing its cucumber operations. In addition, the Project proposed a new 3,000-square foot building in which 300-square feet would be used for a non-storefront dispensary and the remaining 2,700- square feet would be used for processing activities. (AR 0001.)1
In compliance with title 22 of the County’s Municipal Code, which sets out specific standards for cannabis activities, SLO Cultivati….....