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Home My WebLink AboutLicense Application - Development ServicesGRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA MEETING REQUEST FORM (Must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board by 12:00pm on Thursday) REQUESTING DEPARTMENT: Development Services REQUEST SUBMITTED BY: Jim Anderson -Cook CONTACT PERSON ATTENDING ROUNDTABLE. Chris Young CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: ❑YES 10 NO DATE:11 /13/2024 PHONE: 3019 i � �� • � A A A i M ❑Agreement / Contract ❑AP Vouchers ❑Appointment / Reappointment ❑ARPA Related ❑ Bids / RFPs / Quotes Award ❑ Bid Opening Scheduled ❑ Boards / Committees ❑ Budget ❑Computer Related ❑County Code El Emergency Purchase El Employee Rel. ❑ Facilities Related ❑ Financial ❑ Funds [:]Hearing ❑ Invoices / Purchase Orders ❑ Grants — Fed/State/County ❑ Leases ❑ MOA / MOU ❑ Minutes ❑ Ordinances ❑ Out of State Travel ❑ Petty Cash ❑ Policies ❑ Proclamations ❑ Request for Purchase ❑ Resolution El Recommendation El Professional Serv/Consultant ❑Support Letter ❑Surplus Req. []Tax Levies ❑Thank You's ❑Tax Title Property BWSLCB -Term, cost, WSLCB Change of location application from The Goat Smoke Farm LLC 250 W Axton RD Bellingham, WA to 11249 SR 28 W, Quincy, WA - Cannabis Producer/Processor Tier 3 DENIED under Moratorium (Ord. No. 24-066-CC) Section 1 - Re -Location or Licensure If necessary, was this document reviewed by accounting? ❑ YES ❑ NO Fm_1 N/A If necessary, was this document reviewed by legal? ❑ YES F* NO ❑ N/A DATE OF ACTION: APPROVE: DENIED ABSTAIN D1: D2: D3: 4/23/24 DEFERRED OR CONTINUED TO: WITHDRAWN: :. RECEIVED NOV 13 2024 f,Jl Rr SIT Fes.. G \!" Mir �l L� J . !, i 'F w �i -1 i • k t k r Washington Mate u-' Liquor and Cannabis Board NOTICE OF CANNABIS LICENSE APPLICATION TO: GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RE: CHANGE OF LOCATION APPLICATION from THE GOAT SMOKE FARM, LLC 250 W AXTON RD BELLINGHAM, WA 98226-7315 License: 413650 - 7U County: 13 U B I : 604-711-569-001-0004 Tradename: THE GOAT SMOKE FARM, LLC New Loc: 11249 STATE ROUTE 28 W QUINCY, WA 98848-9060 Mail: 6460 OLSON RD FERNDALE, WA 98248-8514 Phone No.: 360-961-6246 BRANDON GOTTIER Privileges Applied For: CANNABIS PRODUCER TIER 3 CANNABIS PROCESSOR WASHINGTON STATE LIQUOR AND CANNABIS BOARD License Division - P.O. Box 43098 Olympia, WA 98504-3098 Customer Service: (360) 664-1600 Fax: (360) 753-2710 Website: http://Icb.wa.gov RETURN TO: localauthority@sp.lcb.wa.gov DATE: 11 /08/24 APPLICANTS: THE GOAT SMOKE FARM, LLC GOTTIER, BRANDON 1982-01-05 As required by RCW 69.50.331(7) the Liquor and Cannabis Board is notifying you that the above has applied for a cannabis license. You have 20 days from the date of this notice to give your input on this application. If we do not receive this notice back within 20 days, we will assume you have no objection to the issuance of the license. If you need additional time to respond, you must submit a written request for an extension of up to 20 days, with the reason(s) you need more time. If you need information on SSN, contact our Cannabis CHRI desk at (360) 664-1704. 1. Do you approve of applicant?.......................................................... . 2. Do you approve of location?............................................................ 3. If you disapprove and the Board contemplates issuing a license, do you wish to request an adjudicative hearing before final action is taken? ................................... (See WAC 314-55-160 for information about this process) 4. If you disapprove, per RCW 69.50.331(7)(c) you MUST attach a letter to the Board detailing the reason(s) for the objection and a statement of all facts on which your objection(s) are based. r , DATE SIGNATURE (A MAYOR,CITY YES NO ❑ ff F-1 0' AGER,COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OR DESIGNEE ORDINANCE �, 0 6 � — C-6--j AN INTERIAT ORDINANCE , RENEW LNIG THE SIX MONTI-1 MORATORIUM ON THE ESBLISW4KNT� RE -LOCATION, OR LICENSURE 01F FACIILITIFSa PROPERTIES, OR BUSMSSES INVOLVING -,THE PRODEUTION AND PROCESSING OF RECRATIONAL MARIJUANA OR MARIJUANA INFUSED PRODUCTS AND DIRECTING THE SCHEDULING OF A PUBLIC H]EA WHEREAS, Washington voters passed Initiative 5 02 at the Novemb or'2012 General Election; WHEREAS, said Initiative in part authorized effective December 6, 2012 adults twenty. one years of age or above to legally possess, under State of Washington law, up to one ounbe of inarijuana, or sixteen ounces. of manivana-infuse.d product, or seventy-two ounces of manjuana- infused product in liquid form-, WHEREAS5 1-502 provides for 'the State licens-are of producers, processors, and retailers of man"Juana by December 1, 2013 in. -accordance with the Washington State Liqnor Control 13oard's (W.SLCB) promulga#on of rules for such; HIEREA.8, following the adoption of final rules and the issuance of recreational inarijuana licenses, the Washfngton State courts and Washington Attorney Generat declared that 1-10 1-502 left in place tho normal powers of local government to regulate businesses wimm their jurisdiction, i-noluding the production, processing, and retail sale of recreational marijuana; )MREAS, County residents have expressed concem about the real and potential I j effects of marijuana. facilities on neighboring properties and neighborhoods; WHEREAS the Department of Ecology and Grant County Building and Planning have 3 1 expressed concern regarding illegal usage of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation waters, and the u-nmonitored and over usage of well water sited in agricultural areas of Grant Couaty in the growing and production of marijuana; WHEREAS9 RCW 36.70A.390 and RCW 36,70.795 authorize the County Commissioners to adopt a moratofium, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control, without notice and public hearing, provided that the Comty holds -a public hearing within 60 days after the adoption of the moratorium, interim z onmin g ordinance, or interim official control and adopts findings of fact justifying the action. Imm ediately after such public hearing; WHEREAS, a six-month moratorium extension is necessary to preserve the status quo and provide time to amend the County Code and the Unified Development Plan; )NM REAS, said moratorium is in the best interests of Grant County and is necessary to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens; ORDINANCE 1 WHEREAS an intefim ordinance adopted under IBC` 36.70A.390 and RCW 36,70.795 may be effective for no longer than six (6) months, but may be effective for up to one year if a work plan is developed for related studies providing for such a longer pmiod, and may be renewed for one or more six-month periods if a subsequent public hearing is held and findings of fact are made prior to each renewal; WHEREAS a i moratorium s a recognized technique to avoid a rash for pen -nits whenever a community decides to change its ptanni ordinances; NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Grant County Conm'ssioners ordains as follows: Moratorium Renewed. Pms-uant to the laws of the State of Washington, the moratorium is hereby renewed prohibiting within all areas of unincorporated Grant County the establishfuent, re -location, or licensure, of facilities, properties, or businesses involving the produdion or processing of recreatio'nal manjuana and man'Juana infused prod -acts. While said moratorium is in effecit no building permits ococupafioy pen -nit, other development pennit or approval, or business license shall be issued for any of the purp o s es or actinides set forth - above; Should any permits or licenses be issued in error for the above purposes or aotivides, such shall be null and void. V Section 2: Duration. The mo'katorium renewed by this ordinance shall continue in effect for six consecutive months ftotn its eductive date, unless repealed or 4 modified by the Board of Grant County Commissioners in accordance with applicable law. Section 3: 'Public Hearing. Pursuant to RC W 36.70A.390 the Board of Gtant County Conunissioners shall hold a public heating an this raoratorium prior to its renewal, held July 16, 2024 at 3:15 pm Section 4s, Vesting. This 6rdinance does not apply to any uses legally established, permits issued, or complete applications submitted, before the effective date of this ordinance. Section 5 SeverabUity. If any section, sentence, or portion of this ordinance or its applioation to any person or circumstance should be held to be in -valid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or coiistitutionality of the remwnmg portions of this ordinance or its applioatidn to any other person or situation, section 6*: Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its adoption set forth below. ORDINANCE 2 I . Section 7: Findings of Fact. The, Board of County Commissioners, having had the benefit of a public hearing as required by RCW 36,70A,390, adopt the above "WHEREAS" ree'itals as findings of fact in support of its action as required by RC W 36.70A.390, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this -V-k day of 'Tj, 2024. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GRANT COUNTY, WASHLNGTON Cady CaAr, Chair Bar T T' BJ C Bar ara . Vasquez l Cthe Board APPROVED -A TO FORM, ara G, Duerbeck Deputy Prosecufing Attomey Grant County Prosecutor's Office 'SBA # 53946 ORDINANCE