“Delivery”
shall have the same meaning as set forth in Business and Professions Code Section 13900.5(m).
“Distribution”
shall have the same meaning as set forth in Business and Professions Code Section 13900(p).
“Marijuana” or “cannabis”
means any or all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin or separated resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin, including marijuana infused in foodstuff or other ingestible or consumable product containing marijuana. The term “marijuana” shall also include “medical marijuana” as such phrase is used in the August 2008 Guidelines for the Security and Non-Diversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use, as may be amended from time to time, that was issued by the office of the Attorney General for the state of California or subject to the provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 (Compassionate Use Act of 1996) or the California Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.7 to 11362.83 (Medical Marijuana Program Act).
“Marijuana cultivation”
means growing, planting, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming, or processing of marijuana. Marijuana cultivation includes indoor and outdoor activity.
“Marijuana processing”
means any method used to prepare marijuana or its byproducts for commercial retail and/or wholesale, including, but not limited to: drying, cleaning, curing, trimming, packaging, testing, and extraction of active ingredients to create marijuana related products and concentrates.
“Medical cannabis,” “medical cannabis product,” or “cannabis product”
means a product containing cannabis, including, but not limited to, concentrates and extractions, intended to be sold for use by medical cannabis patients in California pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5)
“Medical marijuana dispensary” or “marijuana dispensary”
means any association, business, office, facility, use, establishment or location, retail storefront, provider or wholesale component of any establishment, cooperative or collective that delivers (as defined in Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5(m) or any successor statute) whether mobile or otherwise, dispenses, distributes, exchanges, transmits, transports, sells or provides marijuana to any person for any reason, including members of any medical marijuana cooperative or collective consistent with the August 2008 Guidelines for the Security and NonDiversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use, as may be amended from time to time, that was issued by the Office of the Attorney General for the State of California, or for the purposes set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 (Compassionate Use Act of 1996) or California Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.7 to 11362.83 (Medical Marijuana Program Act).
A “medical marijuana dispensary” shall not include the following uses, as long as the location of such uses is otherwise regulated by this code or application law: a clinic licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a healthcare facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness licensed pursuant to Chapter 3. 01 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a residential care facility for the elderly licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a residential hospice, or a home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, as long as such use complies strictly with applicable law including, but not limited to, Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq. The foregoing exceptions notwithstanding, cultivation for any purpose shall not be permitted in the city.
(Ord. 5745, § 4, 8-9-2011; Ord. 5868 § 2, 2016)
A. 
A medical marijuana dispensary or marijuana dispensary is prohibited in the city.
B. 
Marijuana cultivation, marijuana processing, and delivery or distribution of marijuana or medical cannabis products are prohibited activities in the city, except where the city is preempted by federal or state law from enacting a prohibition on any such activity or is preempted by federal or state law from enforcing any of these prohibitions.
C. 
No use permit, variance, building permit, or any other entitlement, license, or permit, whether administrative or discretionary, shall be approved or issued for the activities described in subsections A and B above in the city, and no person shall otherwise establish or conduct such activities in the city, except where the city is preempted by federal or state law from enacting a prohibition on any such activity for which the use permit, variance, building permit, or any other entitlement, license, or permit is sought.
(Ord. 5745, § 3, 8-9-2011; Ord. 5868 § 2, 2016)