City Council
MEETING DATE: 10/25/2017
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Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Businesses and Cannabis Public Nuisance Ordinances
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FROM:
Charlie McClendon, City Manager
Eric S. Vail, City Attorney
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct the second reading of and adopt: an ordinance amending Chapter 5.88 of the code related to cannabis business licensing; an ordinance amending Chapter 9.108 and portions of Chapters 9.08, 9.30, 9.36, 9.40, and 9.42 of the code related to land use regulation of cannabis businesses; and an ordinance amending Section 13.80.240 of the code related to cannabis-related public nuisances.
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BACKGROUND:
In light of the passage of Proposition 64, legalizing "adult-use" of cannabis, and the recent passage of SB 94, integrating medicinal and adult-use cannabis business licensing and regulation at the state level into the "Medicinal and Adult-Use of Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act" (MAUCRSA), the City Attorney's office was asked to draft updates to the Cathedral City Municipal Code to allow adult-use cannabis businesses, ensure consistency with the current state laws, and to address certain public nuisances that may arise from cannabis use and cannabis businesses. In addition, the draft ordinances propose revisions to address concerns that have arisen with the current ordinances.
MAUCRSA establishes the cannabis business license types that will be issued by the State. Cannabis business licenses will be designated as either an "M-license" for medicinal cannabis businesses or an "A-license" for adult-use cannabis businesses. Licenses will be issued for retailers (aka dispensaries), cultivators, manufacturers, distributors, testing laboratories, and microbusinesses. There are two types of manufacturing licenses and multiple types of cultivation licenses. Microbusinesses are cannabis businesses that may engage in retailing, cultivation, manufacturing and/or distribution a...
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