City Council
MEETING DATE: 3/23/2016
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Second Reading Omnibus Cannabis Ordinance
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FROM:
Charlie McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council approve the second reading, by title only, and adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of Cathedral City, California, Amending Title 3, Title 5 and Title 13 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code Relating to Medical Cannabis Businesses.
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BACKGROUND:
At the September 23, 2015 City Council Meeting, Council approved an Agreement with Vicente Sederberg, LLC, for Special Counsel for legal services related to medical marijuana cultivation, processing and testing as well as dispensaries. During the study session on November 16, 2015, Shawn Hauser and Jordan Wellington from Vincente Sederberg, LLC provided a list of fundamental structural issues and their recommendations for consideration and received comments from the Council. A draft ordinance prepared by Vicente Sederberg was presented at the December 9, 2015 Council meeting and Council directed staff to bring an ordinance amendment back for first reading on January 13, 2016. That particular ordinance amended Chapter 5 of the municipal code and established the local license provisions related to medical cannabis businesses. The ordinance subsequently received second reading and was adopted on January 27, 2016. A companion ordinance addressing the land use regulations related to medical cannabis businesses and amending Chapter 9 of the code was heard at a public hearing before the Planning Commission on February 3, 2016 and received two public hearings before the City Council on February 10 and February 24, 2016 at which time it received second reading and was adopted.
At every stage of this extensive and very public process of developing and adopting the medical cannabis ordinances it was clear that the final step would involve two final ordinance revisions, referred to as the omnibus ordinances. ...
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