Notice of pending action for a time extension on cannabis cultivation project.

NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
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Notice is hereby given that the Director of the Planning and Development Department intends to take an action to approve, approve with conditions, or deny an application for a Time Extension for the project described below. At this time it is not known when this action may occur; however, the earliest this action may occur is on the eleventh day following the date of this notice indicated below.
PUBLIC COMMENT: A public hearing will not be held on this matter. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to submit written testimony in support or opposition to the proposed project 25TEX-00028. All letters should be addressed to Planning and Development, Planning and Development, 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria 93455-3623, Attention: Emily Fischer. Letters, with two copies, should be received in the office of the Planning and Development Department a minimum of 24 hours prior to the earliest date of action by the Director identified above.
To receive additional information regarding this project, and/or to view the application and plans, or to provide comments on the project, please contact Emily Fischer at Planning and Development, 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria 93455-3623, or by email at fischere@countyofsb.org, or by phone at (805) 934-6291.
PROPOSAL: TIME EXTENSION - MORIARTY HOLDINGS OUTDOOR CANNABIS CULTIVATIONPROJECT ADDRESS: 6980 Cat Canyon RD, Los Alamos, CA 934544th SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT
DATE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ACTION: On or after 3/2/2026, the Directorof the Planning and Development Department intends to approve this Time Extension for the development described below, based on the ability to make all of the required findings and subject ot the terms and conditions.
PERMIT NUMBER: 25TEX-00028APPLICATION FILED: 11/21/2025ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO.:101-070-069ZONING: AG-II-100PROJECT AREA: 40.00PROJECT DESCRIPTION:Applicant: Larrez GreenProposed Project:Request for a one-time Time Extension to obtain the required zoning clearance issuance for the approved Moriarty Holdings Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation Conditional Use Permit, Case No. 23CUP-00014, pursuant to LUDC Section 35.84.030.D.1. This Time Extension will extend the time limit in which the Zoning Clearance is required to be issued by two years from December 4, 2025, to December 4, 2027.
The original project is a request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow 5.19 acres of outdoor cannabis cultivation under hoop structures. The Project site is a 40-acre parcel, zoned AG-II-100, and shown as Assessor’s Parcel Number 101-070-069, located at 6980 Cat Canyon Road, in the Santa Maria area, 4th Supervisorial District.
The proposed project is an activity within the scope of the Board of Supervisors -approved Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and Licensing Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (17EIR-00000-00003). The PEIR adequately describes the activity for the purposes of
APPEALS:
The decision of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny this Time Extension 25TEX-00028 may be appealed to the County Planning Commission by the applicant or an aggrieved person. The appeal must be filed within the 10 calendar days following the date that the Director takes action on this Director Action. To qualify as an "aggrieved person" the appellant must have, in person or through a representative, informed the Planning and Development Department by apropriate means prior to the Director Action of the nature of their concerns, or, for good cause, was unable to do so.
Written appeals, with accompanying fee, must be filed with Planning and Development at either 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 93101, or 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria, 93455, by 5:00 pm within the timeframe identified above. In the event that the last day for filing an appeal falls on a non -business day of the County, the appeal may be timely filed on the next business day.
This Time Extension may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission after the appellant has exhausted all local appeals, therefore a fee is not required to file an appeal.
CHALLENGES: If you challenge the project 25TEX-00028 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in written correspondence to the Planning and Development Department.
For additional information regarding the appeal process, contact Emily Fischer.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:Information about this project review process may also be viewed at:https://ca-santabarbaracounty.civicplus.pro/1499/Planning-Permit-Process-Flow-Chart
Pub dates: Feb 19, 2026Legal 564189