[Ord. No. 2348, 5-22-2023]
A. Except
as provided in this Section, the following acts by a person at least
twenty-one (21) years of age are not unlawful:
1. Purchasing, possessing, consuming, using, ingesting, inhaling, processing,
transporting or distributing without consideration three (3) ounces
or less of dried, unprocessed marijuana, or its equivalent.
2. Possessing, transporting, planting, cultivating, harvesting, drying,
processing, or manufacturing no more than six (6) flowering marijuana
plants, six non-flowering marijuana plants [over eighteen (18) inches
tall], and six (6) clones [plants under fourteen (14) inches tall]
provided the person is registered with the Department of Health and
Senior Services for the cultivation of marijuana plants, provided:
a. The plants and any marijuana produced by the plants in excess of
three (3) ounces are kept at one (1) private residence, are in a locked
space, and are not visible by normal, unaided vision from a public
place; and
b. Not more than twice the number of allowable plants under this Subsection
(B) are kept in or on the grounds of private residence at one time.
c. Assisting another person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of
age and, or allowing property to be used for, any of the acts permitted
by this Section; and purchasing, possessing, using, delivering, distributing,
manufacturing, transferring, or selling to persons twenty-one (21)
years of age or older marijuana accessories.
[Ord. No. 2348, 5-22-2023]
A. It
shall be unlawful to deliver or distribute marijuana or marijuana
accessories, with or without consideration, to a person younger than
twenty-one (21) years of age.
B. It
shall be unlawful to purchase, possess, use transport marijuana accessories,
with or without consideration, to a person younger than twenty-one
(21) years of age.
C. It
shall be unlawful for person under the age of twenty-one (21) years
of age to possess, use, ingest, inhale, transport, deliver or distribute
marijuana.
D. It
shall be unlawful for any individual to possess, deliver or distribute
more than three (3) ounces of marijuana by a single individual.
E. It
shall be unlawful for person to operate or be in physical control
of any motor vehicle, train, aircraft, motorboat or other motorized
form of transport while under the influence of marijuana. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a conviction of a person who is at least twenty-one
(21) years of age shall require evidence that the person was, in fact,
under the influence of marijuana at the time the person was in physical
control of motorized form transport and not solely on the presence
of tetrahydrocannabinol THC or THC Venable lights, or combination
thereof, in the person’s systems.
It shall be unlawful to consume marijuana while operating or
be being in physical control vehicle, train, aircraft, motorboat or
other motorized form transport while it is being operated.
F. It
shall be unlawful to smoke marijuana in a motor vehicle, train, aircraft,
motorboat, or other motorized form transport while it is being operated.
G. It
shall be unlawful to possess or consume marijuana on the grounds of
any public or private preschool, elementary or secondary school, institution
of higher education, and a school bus, or on the grounds of any correctional
facility.
H. It
shall be unlawful to smoke marijuana in a location where smoking tobacco
is prohibited.
I. It
shall be unlawful to consume marijuana in any commercial or public
place.
J. It
shall be unlawful to consume marijuana in such a manner that marijuana
smoke or odor exits a residence or non-public place where consumption
of marijuana is otherwise lawful. In a multi-family residence or similar
dwelling, marijuana may not be administered in any common area.
K. It
shall be unlawful to undertake any task while under the influence
of marijuana, if doing so would constitute negligence, recklessness
or medical malpractice.
L. It
shall be unlawful to form solvent-based extractions on marijuana using
solvents other than water, glycerin, propylene glycol, vegetable oil,
or grade ethanol, unless licensed for the activity by the Department
of Health and Senior Services.
[Ord. No. 2348, 5-22-2023]
A. The
smell or noxious odor emitted from smoking, consumption or cultivation
of marijuana by a person shall be treated as a public nuisance.
B. It
shall be unlawful for any person or entity to cultivate marijuana
in such a manner that constitutes a public nuisance. A public nuisance
may be deemed to exist if cultivating marijuana produces light, glare,
heat, noise, odor, or vibration that is detrimental to public health,
safety or welfare, or interferes with reasonable enjoyment of life
and property.
C. It
shall be unlawful for any person, owner of parcel real property or
person authorized to exercise control over a parcel of property to
create, maintain, allow or suffer a public nuisance.