Title
Interim Amendment of Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO)
Case Number OR 17-007
Inland area of the County
Adoption of an ordinance establishing interim provisions for the regulation of commercial cannabis activities for the California Adult Use marketplace. The ordinance performs minor changes to the County’s existing Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO) and Dispensary Regulations (Sections 313 and 314-55.4 and 313 and 314-55.3, respectively, of Division 1 of Title III of the County Code, Chapters 3 and 4) to enable these existing local regulations to govern various commercial activities for both Medical and Adult Uses, including cultivation, processing, manufacturing, distribution, testing, and sale of cannabis within the County. The ordinance will allow issuance of interim permits to applicants applying to permit existing cultivation sites and whose applications were complete before July 14, 2017. The amendments are designed to preserve local review and control of these activities in tandem with forthcoming state licensing, which is expected to begin by January 1, 2018.
Recommendation
Move to make all of the required findings, based on evidence in the staff report and public testimony, and recommend the Board of Supervisors adopt the attached resolution and
ordinance enacting the Interim Amendments to the Zoning Regulations addressing commercial cannabis activities for Medicinal and Adult Use and authorizing interim permitting.