TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Laurie B. Jester, Planning Manager
Angelica Ochoa, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Amendments to the Municipal Code and the Local Coastal Program to Prohibit All Commercial Cannabis Activity in the City, and to Allow Limited Indoor Cannabis Cultivation Consistent with State Law (Community Development Director McIntosh).
CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NOS. 17-0024 AND 17-0025, AND ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 17-0025-U
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that after conducting and closing the public hearing, the City Council: (1) Introduce Ordinance No. 17-0024 amending the Municipal Code and Ordinance No. 17-0025 amending the Local Coastal Program to prohibit all commercial cannabis activity (both medical and non-medical) in all zones in the City, deliveries, outdoor cultivation, and allow indoor cannabis cultivation consistent with State law; and
(2) Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 17-0025-U.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On September 13, 2017, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing and adopted Resolution No. 17-07 recommending that the City Council adopt the proposed text Amendments to Title 10 and Title A to prohibit commercial cannabis and allow limited indoor cannabis. The amendments to Title 4 do not require Planning Commission review.
Adoption of these Ordinances will maintain the City's existing prohibition on commercial cannabis activities and ensures that the City will maintain local control over cannabis businesses once the State commences to issue licenses for commercial cannabis activity on January 1, 2018. At a later date, the City Council may provide additional direction to allow some commercial cannabis activities. In that event, an amendment consistent with City Council direction w...
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