TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Quinn Barrow, City Attorney
SUBJECT:Title
(1) Adoption of Interim Ordinance No. 15-0036U prohibiting all cultivation of medical marijuana, (2) Adoption of Urgency Ordinance No. 15-0037U prohibiting the delivery of medical marijuana and mobile marijuana dispensaries in the City, and (3) Introducing Ordinance No. 15-0037 prohibiting delivery of medical marijuana and mobile marijuana dispensaries in the City (City Attorney Barrow).
ADOPT ORDINANCES NO. 15-0036U AND 15-0037U AND INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 15-0037
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt Interim Ordinance No. 15-0036U, an interim ordinance temporarily prohibiting cultivation of medical marijuana in the City;
2. Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 15-0037U, an urgency ordinance prohibiting the delivery of medical marijuana and mobile marijuana dispensaries in the City; and
3. Introduce Ordinance No. 15-0037, an ordinance prohibiting delivery of medical marijuana and mobile marijuana dispensaries in the City.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act ("MMRSA") requires a city to take affirmative action if it wants to prohibit or regulate the cultivation and delivery of medical marijuana within its jurisdiction. Pursuant to the MMRSA, the City must adopt a land use regulation prohibiting or regulating the cultivation of medical marijuana that is in effect before March 1, 2016, or else it will be precluded from doing so in the future. To ensure that a land use regulation is in effect before the March 1, 2016 deadline, staff has prepared an interim ordinance maintaining the status quo in prohibiting the cultivation of medical marijuana until the City can obtain input from the public and adopt permanent regulations.
Pursuant to the MMRSA, a city that wishe...
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