Editor's Note: Former Ch. 450, Medical Marijuana Facilities, was repealed 2-28-2023 by Ord. No. 2767. Prior history includes Ord. No. 2760.
[Ord. No. 2767, 2-28-2023]
A. 
This Chapter is intended to implement Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, entitled "Marijuana Use and Regulation," to protect the right of access to marijuana and to simultaneously provide for and protect the health, safety, welfare, and property values of the City and its residents, businesses, property owners, and other constituents.
B. 
This Chapter shall govern marijuana facilities as defined herein and shall supersede all other conflicting zoning regulations to the extent provided herein, but it shall have no effect on zoning regulations not in conflict with this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 2767, 2-28-2023]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the follow terms shall have the following meanings:
CHILD DAY CARE CENTER
A child care facility, as defined by Section 210.201, RSMo., or its successor provisions, that is licensed by the State of Missouri.
CHURCH
A permanent building primarily and regularly used as a place of religious worship.
MARIJUANA
Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis ruderalis, hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as resin extracted from the plant and marijuana-infused products. The term "marijuana" does not include industrial hemp, as defined by Missouri Statute, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
MARIJUANA ACCESSORIES
Any equipment, product, material, or combination thereof which is designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana into the human body.
MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, process, package, store (on-site or off-site), sell, transport (to or from), and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones"), marijuana-infused products, and marijuana accessories to any consumer authorized by and in accordance with applicable law and regulations. A marijuana dispensary facility may dispense marijuana products for medical purposes, recreational purposes, or both, to persons at least twenty-one (21) years of age for consumption and use as permitted by law.
MARIJUANA FACILITY
Any marijuana cultivation facility, marijuana dispensary facility, marijuana testing facility, marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility, marijuana microbusiness facility, or any other type of marijuana-related facility or business licensed or certified by the State of Missouri pursuant to Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution.
MARIJUANA PRODUCTS
Marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones"), marijuana-infused products (including infused pre-rolls), marijuana accessories, and any other marijuana product defined and permitted by law.
[Ord. No. 2767, 2-28-2023]
A. 
Marijuana facilities may be permitted and located in the following zoning districts of the City by special permit use only, issued in accord with Article XII, Special Permits, of Chapter 400, Zoning Regulations, of this Code and subject to the additional regulations of this Chapter:
1. 
Marijuana facilities may be permitted in the "LID" Light Industrial District, but no such facility shall be located: 1) within 1,000 feet of any then-existing elementary or secondary school, child day care center, or church, or 2) within 750 feet of (a) any property residentially zoned, including, but not limited to, the "SR" Single-Family Residential District, "AR" Attached Single-Family Residential District, "PASF" Planner Attached Single-Family District, and "PRO" Planned Residential/Office District, or b) any other marijuana facility.
2. 
Marijuana dispensary facilities may be permitted in any other non-residential zoning district, but no such facility shall be located within 1,000 feet of: 1) any then-existing elementary or secondary school, child day care center, or church, or 2) any other marijuana facility.
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Method of measurement:
a. 
For purposes of this Subsection: a) the facilities from which a marijuana facility are to be separated, i.e., a pre-existing elementary or secondary school, child day care center, church, or marijuana facility, shall be referred to as a "buffered facility"; b) a "non-freestanding facility" shall refer to a facility that is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall; c) the referenced demarcation points shall be those in closest proximity to each other; and d) measurements shall be made along the shortest path between the demarcation points that can be lawfully traveled by foot.
b. 
Freestanding marijuana facility and freestanding buffered facility: the distance shall be measured from the external wall of the marijuana facility to the property line of the buffered facility.
c. 
Freestanding marijuana facility and non-freestanding buffered facility: the distance shall be measured from the external wall of the marijuana facility to the nearest entrance or exit of the buffered facility.
d. 
Non-freestanding marijuana facility and freestanding buffered facility: the distance shall be measured from the property line of the buffered facility to the nearest entrance or exit of the marijuana facility.
e. 
Non-freestanding marijuana facility and non-freestanding buffered facility: the distance shall be measured from the nearest entrance or exit of the marijuana facility to the nearest entrance or exit of the buffered facility.
[Ord. No. 2767, 2-28-2023]
A. 
General.
1. 
All activities of any marijuana facility shall occur only within an enclosed building.
2. 
The waiting area of a marijuana dispensary facility shall be separated from the area of the facility used for the sale and delivery of marijuana products by a solid wall and solid door so that persons in the waiting area are obstructed from observing the sale and delivery of the product.
3. 
No marijuana product shall be visible through glass, windows, or doors by a person of normal visual acuity standing at the outside perimeter of a facility.
4. 
The consumption or personal use of alcohol or any marijuana product within any marijuana facility is prohibited, except that a marijuana testing facility may use or consume marijuana during the testing process and only as the use or consumption relates to the testing process.
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Security.
1. 
Surveillance cameras shall be installed to monitor each entrance to a facility along with the interior and exterior of the premises to discourage and to facilitate the reporting and investigation of criminal acts and nuisance activities occurring on or at the premises. Security video shall be preserved for at least ninety (90) days and be made available to Law Enforcement Officers on demand.
2. 
All salable inventory of marijuana must be kept and stored in a secured, locked manner.
3. 
A locking safe or secure vault shall be permanently affixed or built into the premises to store any currency on-site.
4. 
Professionally monitored robbery and burglary alarm systems shall be installed and maintained in good working condition within the facility at all times.
5. 
Each facility licensee shall provide and update the Chief of Police with the name, cellular telephone number, electronic mail address, and facsimile number of an onsite facility employee to whom the City may provide notice of any operating problems associated with the facility.
6. 
Each facility licensee shall provide the Chief of Police with a security plan, which shall be subject to the Chief's review and approval and which may include additional requirements or conditions to ensure public safety or to incorporate current best practices.
C. 
Odor.
1. 
An odor mitigation plan shall be submitted to the city for approval as part of the review process established in Article XII, Special Permits, of Chapter 400 of this Code.
2. 
All structures used for any marijuana facility shall be equipped with odor-control filtration and ventilation systems to prevent odors of marijuana from leaving the premises. No odor shall be detectable by a person with a normal sense of smell at any point outside the property boundary of the facility.
D. 
Hours Of Operation.
1. 
Dispensaries may be open from 11:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., seven (7) days a week.
2. 
Non-dispensary facilities may be open for operation twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
E. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to grow, distribute, transmit, give, dispense, or otherwise provide marijuana as a home occupation unless otherwise allowed by law.
[Ord. No. 2767, 2-28-2023]
A. 
No marijuana facility shall be operated within the City without a valid license issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, and any licensee shall be in compliance with the requirements of the license, this Chapter 450, and the Olivette City Code at all times. In addition, all license requirements, including those of this Chapter, are deemed incorporated into any special permit issued pursuant to Article XII, Special Permits, of Chapter 400, Zoning Regulations, of this Code.
B. 
Any violation of the requirements noted herein, or any violation of a special use permit issued pursuant to Article XII of Chapter 400 hereof, shall be a violation of this Section, punishable upon conviction as provided in Section 100.080 hereof. In addition, such non-compliance or violation may be: 1) evidence of the existence of a public nuisance, which may be acted upon as provided in Chapter 220 hereof, and 2) grounds for revocation of any special permit issued pursuant to Article XII, Special Permits, of Chapter 400, Zoning Regulations, hereof.
Should the voters of the City elect to prohibit the operation of non-medical marijuana dispensaries as allowed by Section 2.5(1) of Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, this Chapter 450 shall remain in full force and effect but shall thereafter be limited to the regulation of medical marijuana facilities as defined and regulated by Article XIV, Section 1 thereof.