[Ord. No. 20-004, 2-11-2020]
A. A person commits the offense of possession of marijuana or any synthetic cannabinoid, as both terms are defined in Section 195.010, RSMo., if he or she knowingly possesses marijuana or any synthetic cannabinoid, except and only to the extent as authorized by Chapter 579, RSMo., Chapter 195, RSMo., or Article
XIV, Section 1 of the Missouri Constitution, including any and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services related to legalized marijuana and additionally excepting:
1. A qualified patient for the patient's own personal use, in an amount
no larger than the law allows in the original packaging, or
2. A primary caretaker of a qualified patient, or patients, but only
when transporting the medical marijuana to a qualified patient or
when accompanying a qualified patient or patients and the medical
marijuana is in the original packaging, or
3. An owner or an employee of a medical marijuana facility within the
enclosed building licensed as such, or when delivering directly to
another medical marijuana facility.
4. If a person has been authorized by the Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services to cultivate marijuana for personal use, in lieu
of keeping the marijuana in the original packaging as required in
this Section, the person shall keep the marijuana, when not on property
under the person's control, in a container clearly marked with the
patient's name and shall keep his or her cultivation card, issued
by the State, on his or her person while possessing such marijuana.
5. Any person who violates this ordinance shall be subject to a fine
for each violation as follows: First violation: two hundred dollars
($200.00); any additional violations within a twelve-month period,
second violation: two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00), third
violation: three hundred fifty dollars ($35000), and fourth and subsequent
violations: four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00). A person issued
a citation for violating this Section may elect to pay the minimum
penalty specified above for each violation alleged in the citation,
in lieu of appearing in court to answer the citation.
A person commits the offense of possession of a controlled substance, as defined in Section 195.010, RSMo., if he or she knowingly possesses a controlled substance, except and only to the extent as authorized by Chapter 579, RSMo., Chapter 195, RSMo., or Article
XIV, Section 1 of the Missouri Constitution, including any and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services related to legalized marijuana.
Except and only to the extent as authorized by Article
XIV, Section 1 of the Missouri Constitution, including any and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Missouri Department on Health and Senior Services related to legalized marijuana, a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia if he or she knowingly uses, or possesses with intent to use, drug paraphernalia, to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body, a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance in violation of Chapter 579, RSMo., or Chapter 195, RSMo.
No person shall intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any
solvent, particularly toluol, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl
nitrite, ethyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite and propyl nitrite and their
iso-analogues or induce any other person to do so for the purpose
of causing a condition of, or inducing symptoms of, intoxication,
elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational behavior, exhilaration,
paralysis, stupefaction, or dulling of senses or nervous system, or
for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting or disturbing
the audio, visual or mental processes; except that this Section shall
not apply to the inhalation of any anesthesia for medical or dental
purposes.
It is hereby declared that it is unlawful for any person to
drink any alcoholic beverage upon any public street, public alley,
public sidewalk, or any commercial parking lot when the business thereon
is closed.
[Ord. No. 20-004, 2-11-2020]
Any person who in possession of medical marijuana shall, immediately
upon the request of any law enforcement officer, produce a valid permit
issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (or
its successor) for such possession, including, but not limited to,
a qualified patient identification card, or a qualified caretaker
card. Any person who fails to produce such a permit upon request shall
be subject to a fine for each violation as follows: First violation:
two hundred dollars ($200.00); any additional violations within a
twelve-month period, second violation: two hundred seventy-five dollars
($275.00), third violation: three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00),
fourth and subsequent violations: four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00).
A person issued a citation for violating this Section may elect to
pay the minimum penalty specified above for each violation alleged
in the citation, in lieu of appearing in court to answer the citation.
[Ord. No. 20-004, 2-11-2020]
Any person, otherwise lawfully authorized to possess medical
marijuana, who shall possess such marijuana on real property not under
his or her control without such marijuana being properly packaged
as required as required by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services shall be subject to a fine for each violation as follows:
First violation: two hundred dollars ($200.00); any additional violations
within a twelve-month period, second violation: two hundred seventy-five
dollars ($275.00), third violation: three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00),
fourth and subsequent violations: four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00).
A person issued a citation for violating this Section may elect to
pay the minimum penalty specified above for each violation alleged
in the citation, in lieu of appearing in court to answer the citation.
[Ord. No. 20-004, 2-11-2020]
A. No
person shall administer medical marijuana in public.
B. As
used in this Section, the word "administer" shall have the definition
set forth in Article XVI Section 1 of the Missouri Constitution.
C. As
used in this Section, the phase "in public" shall mean any place other
than:
1. The residence of the person administering medical marijuana or the
residence of the primary caretaker, but may not dispense or smoke
marijuana in such a manner that the marijuana smoke or odor, exits
the residence. If marijuana smoke or odor is capable of being detected
by a person of ordinary senses (including but not limited to any Police
Officer) beyond the property line of single-family home or outside
of the owned or leased premises of a duplex or multi-family unit there
shall be a rebuttable presumption that this Section has been violated.
In a multi-family or similar dwelling, medical marijuana may not be
dispensed or consumed in any common area; or
2. A licensed medical facility with the consent of the person or persons
in charge of that facility.
[Ord. No. 20-004, 2-11-2020]
No person shall dispose of marijuana or marijuana-infused products
in an unsecured waste receptacle not in possession and control of
the qualified patient or primary caretaker and designed to prohibit
unauthorized access.
[Ord. No. 20-004, 2-11-2020]
A. To
the extent allowed by State law, marijuana for medicinal purposes
may be cultivated in a residential structure, provided:
1. The structure is the primary residence of a primary caregiver or
qualifying patient and the marijuana is grown solely for the use of
the qualifying patient who resides there or who is under the care
of the primary caretaker.
2. The residence has operating systems to assure that the emission of
fumes or vapors connected with the cultivation are not allowed out
of the building, or if the residence is in a multi-family building,
that such fumes and vapors are not allowed into any other residence.
3. No manufacturing of marijuana products shall occur in any residence
unless in the residence of a qualified patient or residence of a primary
caretaker.
4. The cultivation must comply with the security and other requirements
of State law and the rules of the Department of Health and Senior
Services and take place in an enclosed, locked facility as defined
by the Department of Health and Senior Services and not visible to
the unaided eye from an adjacent property when viewed by an individual
at ground level or from a permanent structure at any level.
5. The resident has notified the Police Chief, including providing proof
of eligibility, on a form provide by the Police Chief, so that law
enforcement and code officials will be aware that the cultivation
is lawfully taking place.
6. All residential medical marijuana cultivation by a qualifying patient
or primary caregiver shall take place within an enclosed, locked facility
in accordance with 19 CSR 30-95.010.
7. All residential medical marijuana cultivation by a qualifying patient
or primary caregiver shall be done in such a way as to prevent odors
of marijuana from being detected by a person of ordinary sense of
smell beyond the boundary of the lot upon which the medical marijuana
plants are located. If a qualifying patient or primary caregiver is
cultivating in a multiple-tenant building, the qualifying patient
or primary caregiver shall not permit odor of marijuana which is capable
of being detected by a person of ordinary senses outside of the tenant
space the qualifying patient or primary caregiver occupies.
8. Any qualified patient or primary caregiver that cultivates marijuana
and fails to conform to the requirements herein shall be subject to
a fine for each violation as follows: First violation: two hundred
dollars ($200.00); any additional violations within a twelve-month
period, second violation: two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00),
third violation: three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00), fourth and
subsequent violations: four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00). A person
issued a citation for violating this Section may elect to pay the
minimum penalty specified above for each violation alleged in the
citation, in lieu of appearing in court to answer the citation. In
addition, the violation shall be reported to the Missouri Department
of Health and Senior Services.