[Editor's Note: Former Ch. 800, Medical Marijuana Regulations, was repealed 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 3497. Prior history includes Ord. No. 3351.]
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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Any term not specifically defined in this Chapter shall have the definition set forth in Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution if any.
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Specific Definitions. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth herein.
ADMINISTER
The direct application of marijuana to a qualifying patient or by way of any of the following methods:
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Ingestion of capsules, teas, oils, and other marijuana-infused products;
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Vaporization or smoking of dried flowers, buds, plant material, extracts, or oils;
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Application of ointments or balms;
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Transdermal patches and suppositories;
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Consuming marijuana-infused food products.
CHURCH
A permanent building primarily and regularly used as a place of religious worship.
COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY
A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility, a comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility, or a comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, transport to or from, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones") to a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or marijuana testing facility. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department 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 drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for in this Section to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, as those terms are defined in Section 800.010 of this Chapter, or to a consumer, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient, primary caregiver, or consumer and consistent with the limitations of this Chapter and as otherwise allowed by law, to a comprehensive facility, a marijuana testing facility, or a medical facility. Comprehensive dispensary facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary directly from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana but shall collect all appropriate tangible personal property sales tax for each sale, as set forth in this Chapter and provided for by general or local law. A comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department to acquire, process, package, store, manufacture, transport to or from a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or marijuana testing facility, and sell marijuana-infused products, prerolls, and infused prerolls to a marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, or another marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana.
CONSTITUTION
The Constitution of the State of Missouri.
CONSUMER
A person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
CONSUMPTION
To smoke or ingest marijuana by any means.
DAYCARE
A child-care facility, as defined by Section 215.201, RSMo., or successor provisions, that is licensed by the State of Missouri.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Health and Senior Services or its successor agency.
DIRECTLY
For the purpose of this Chapter the term "directly" shall mean the shortest possible legally walkable practicable route from the marijuana facility to the permitted destination or destinations, without any voluntary detours or additional stops.
ENCLOSED, LOCKED FACILITY
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An indoor stationary closet, room, garage, greenhouse, or other comparable fully enclosed space equipped with locks or other functioning security devices that permit access only to the qualifying patient(s) or primary caregiver(s) who have informed the Department that this is the space where they will cultivate marijuana; or
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An outdoor stationary structure:
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That is enclosed on all sides, except at the base, by chain-link fencing, wooden slats, or a similar material that is anchored, attached, or affixed to the ground and that cannot be accessed from the top;
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In which the plants are 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; and
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That is equipped with locks or other security devices that restrict access to only the qualifying patient(s) or primary caregiver(s) who have informed the Department that this is the space where they will cultivate marijuana.
FINE
When used herein, shall mean a monetary fine imposed by the Municipal Court for this City.
MARIJUANA ACCESSORIES
Any equipment, product, material, or a combination of equipment, products, or materials, which is specifically 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 BUSINESS
Any facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services under the authority granted by Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution.
MARIJUANA DISPENSARY
Either a medical marijuana dispensary or a comprehensive marijuana dispensary or a microbusiness as those terms are defined in Art. XIV of the Missouri Constitution.
MARIJUANA FACILITY
A medical marijuana facility, a marijuana microbusiness, or a comprehensive facility as that term is defined by Art. XIV, Section 2, of the Missouri Constitution.
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA
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 marijuana plant and marijuana-infused products. "Marijuana" or "marihuana" do not include industrial hemp as defined by Missouri Statute, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS
Products that are infused with marijuana or an extract thereof and are intended for use or consumption other than by smoking, including, but not limited to, edible products, ointments, tinctures and concentrates.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department, to acquire, cultivate, process, store, transport, and sell marijuana to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, medical marijuana testing facility, or to a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility and shall also mean a comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility, as that term is defined in Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY or DISPENSARY
A facility licensed by the Department, to acquire, store, sell, transport, and deliver marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for in this Section to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, another medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department, to acquire, store, manufacture, transport, and sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or another medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
PRIMARY CAREGIVER
A person designated as such by the Department.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any property owned or controlled by the City or the State, any public or private road, and any space in a building open to the public; provided, however, that the owner of a building may allow smoking in such a public space provided that all entrances to the public space are clearly and conspicuously identified with a sign identifying that public smoking of marijuana is allowed in the space.
QUALIFYING PATIENT
A person designated as such by the Department.
THEN EXISTING
Any school, child day care center, or church with a written building permit from the City to be constructed, or under construction, or completed and in use at the time a business regulated under this Chapter first applies for either zoning or a building permit, whichever comes first.
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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Marijuana facilities shall be required to be properly licensed and/or certified by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. All licenses shall be displayed at all times within twenty (20) feet of the main entrance to the medical marijuana facility.
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All marijuana facilities shall be required to have a City business license as required in Chapter 605 of the City of Pleasant Valley Municipal Code but shall not be required to have any other City-issued license.
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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Marijuana dispensaries shall not be open to the public or make any sales between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.
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No marijuana, of any type, may be consumed on the premises of a marijuana dispensary, nor shall the licensee permit such consumption.
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Any medical marijuana dispensary shall require any customer to display the customer's permit card from the Department of Health and Senior Services or other proof of eligibility at the time of each purchase.
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No person under the age of twenty-one (21) who is not a qualifying patient shall be allowed into a comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility. No person under the age of twenty-one (21) shall be allowed into any microbusiness dispensaries. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years old shall be allowed into a medical marijuana dispensary. The foregoing notwithstanding, a qualifying patient who is too young to enter a medical marijuana dispensary, a comprehensive marijuana dispensary, or a microbusiness, may do so if such qualifying patient is accompanied by a parent or guardian or if such qualifying patient has been emancipated and shows proof of emancipation.
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A marijuana dispensary shall have displayed its State-issued license visible to the public at all times.
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Each marijuana dispensary shall be operated from a permanent and fixed location. No marijuana dispensary shall be permitted to operate from a moveable, mobile, or transitory location. This Subsection shall not prevent the physical delivery of marijuana to a customer, patient, or the patient's primary caregiver at a location off of the premises of the permittee's marijuana dispensary, to the extent so allowed by law, if:
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The marijuana was lawfully purchased;
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The marijuana is delivered only by the permittee or an employee of the permittee;
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The marijuana is delivered only by the use of a motor vehicle, bicycle, or other lawful means of transportation; marijuana may not be delivered by drone or any remotely operated vehicle, or by any self-navigating vehicle unless a human occupies such self-navigating vehicle.
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Marijuana accessories (formerly called "paraphernalia") designed or intended for use in consuming marijuana may be sold at a marijuana dispensary.
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A marijuana dispensary shall provide adequate security on the premises of the marijuana dispensary, including, but not limited to, the following:
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Security surveillance cameras installed to monitor the main entrance along with the interior and exterior of the premises to discourage and facilitate the reporting of criminal acts and nuisance activities occurring at the premises, and security video shall be preserved for at least seventy-two (72) hours by the permittee;
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Alarm systems that are professionally monitored and maintained in good working conditions;
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A locking safe permanently affixed to the premises, or a locked secure storage room, that is suitable for storage of all of the saleable inventory of marijuana if marijuana is to be stored overnight on the premises; and
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Exterior lighting that illuminates the exterior walls of the business and is compliant with the City Code.
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Location.
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A dispensary may not be located within one thousand (1,000) legally walkable feet of a then existing elementary or secondary school, State-licensed child day-care center, or church [see Section 800.010(B) for the definition of "then existing"].
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In the case of a freestanding facility, the distance between the facility and the school, day care, or church shall be measured from the external wall of the facility structure closest in proximity to the school, day care, or church to the closest point of the property line of the school, day care, or church. If the school, day care, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, day care, or church closest in proximity to the facility. In the case of a facility that is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance between the facility and the school, day care, or church shall be measured from the property line of the school, day care, or church to the facility's entrance or exit closest in proximity to the school, day care, or church. If the school, day care, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, day care, or church closest in proximity to the facility. Measurements shall be made along the shortest path between the demarcation points that can be lawfully traveled by foot.
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The City Council may reduce this distance by resolution if an applicant shows good cause for the same. The determination of what constitutes good cause shall be at the sole discretion of the City Council.
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
Marijuana dispensaries may operate an off-site storage facility for the storage of products and inventory. A single off-site storage facility may only be used by a single entity licensed as a marijuana dispensary. An off-site storage facility shall not be open to the public. An off-site storage facility shall comply with the same requirements of a dispensary in regard to location, security, and odor control.
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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No permit shall be issued or renewed for a marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility that does not meet the standards of this Section.
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Distance Requirement. No marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility using any combustible gases or CO2 in the extraction process shall be located within one thousand (1,000) legally walkable feet of a then existing elementary or secondary school, licensed child day care center, or church. Any other marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility may be located in any location where a medical marijuana dispensary may be located as detailed above. Measurements shall be in a method consistent with the City's existing liquor license measurement standard. The Board of Aldermen may reduce this distance by resolution if an applicant shows good cause for the same. The determination of what constitutes good cause shall be at the sole discretion of the Board of Aldermen.
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Outdoor Operations Or Storage. All operations and all storage of materials, products, or equipment shall be within a fully secured area inside the building structure or outdoors on the property in an area enclosed by a fence with razor wire at least six (6) feet in height, not including the razor wire or such other alternative security measures approved by the Board of Aldermen.
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On-Site Usage Prohibited. No marijuana may be smoked, ingested, or otherwise consumed on the premises of any marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility at any time.
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Display Of Licenses Required. The marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility license issued by the State of Missouri shall be displayed in a prominent place in plain view near the front desk of the facility.
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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No permit shall be issued or renewed for a marijuana cultivation or testing facility that does not meet the standards of this Section.
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Distance Requirement.
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No marijuana cultivation facility shall be located within one thousand (1,000) legally walkable feet of a then existing elementary or secondary school, State-licensed child day care center, or church [see Section 800.010(B) for the definition of "then existing"].
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In the case of a freestanding facility, the distance between the facility and the school, day care, or church shall be measured from the external wall of the facility structure closest in proximity to the school, day care, or church to the closest point of the property line of the school, day care, or church. If the school, day care, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, day care, or church closest in proximity to the facility. In the case of a facility that is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance between the facility and the school, day care, or church shall be measured from the property line of the school, day care, or church to the facility's entrance or exit closest in proximity to the school, day care, or church. If the school, day care, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, day care, or church closest in proximity to the facility. Measurements shall be made along the shortest path between the demarcation points that can be lawfully traveled by foot.
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The Board of Aldermen may reduce this distance by resolution if an applicant shows good cause for the same. The determination of what constitutes good cause shall be at the sole discretion of the Board of Aldermen.
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Outdoor Operations Or Storage. All operations and all storage of materials, products, or equipment shall be within a fully secured area inside the building structure or outdoors on the property in an area enclosed by a fence with razor wire at least six (6) feet in height, not including the razor wire or such other alternative security measures approved by the Board of Aldermen.
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On-Site Usage Prohibited. No marijuana may be smoked, ingested, or otherwise consumed on the premises of any marijuana cultivation facility at any time.
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Display Of Licenses Required. The marijuana cultivation facility license issued by the State of Missouri shall be displayed in a prominent place in plain view near the front entrance of the facility.
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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No edible marijuana-infused product, packaging, or logo sold in this City pursuant to Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution shall be designed in the shape of a human, animal, or fruit, including realistic, artistic, caricature, or cartoon renderings. However, geometric shapes, including, but not limited to, circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles shall be permitted.
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Each package, or packages with or within a package, containing an edible marijuana-infused product with ten (10) or more milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) shall be stamped with a universal symbol for such products, which shall consist of the following:
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A diamond containing the letters "THC";
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The letter "M" located under the "THC" within the diamond, to signify that the product is for medical purposes; and
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The number of milligrams of THC in the package.
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The universal symbol shall be placed on the front of the package in red and white print and shall measure one-half (1/2) inch by one-half (1/2) inch from point to point.
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[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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Any marijuana facility authorized by Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution which generates marijuana smoke or odor that is capable of being detected by a person of ordinary senses (including, but not limited to, any Police Officer) beyond the property line of the facility is hereby declared to be a nuisance. In addition to any other remedy provided for the abatement of nuisances, the City may revoke the business license of any such facility for violation of this Section after notice and the opportunity for a hearing. Violation of this Section shall also be punishable by a fine, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
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Allowing marijuana smoke or odor that is capable of being detected by a person of ordinary senses (including, but not limited to, any Police Officer) beyond the property line of the owner is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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Residential Cultivation.
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To the extent allowed by State law, marijuana may be cultivated in a residential structure, provided:
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The structure is the primary residence of a primary caregiver or qualifying patient or a person with a residential growing permit from the Department of Health and Senior Services 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 or for the sole use of the permit holder;
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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;
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No manufacturing of marijuana products shall occur in any residence;
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The cultivation must comply with the security and other requirements of State law and the rules of the Division of Health and Senior Services; and
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The resident has notified the City Clerk, including providing proof of eligibility, on a form provided by the City Clerk, so that law enforcement and Code officials will be aware that the cultivation is lawfully taking place.
[Ord. No. 3497, 3-6-2023]
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Persons may consume marijuana in their private residence, or in the residence of another with permission, 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 a 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, marijuana may not be dispensed or consumed in any common area.
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Violation of this provision shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).