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
Public Hearing to Consider Extending Urgency Ordinance No. 17-0025-U for the Prohibition of Cannabis Activity in the Coastal Zone of the City and Issuance of an Alleviation Report (Community Development Director McIntosh).
CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING, ISSUE ALLEVIATION MEASURES REPORT, AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 17-0030-U EXTENDING THE INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE FOR A PERIOD OF 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council issue the attached report pursuant to Government Code Section 65858(d) and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 17-0030-U approving a 10 month and 15-day extension of the Urgency Ordinance No. 17-0025-U prohibiting cannabis activity in the Coastal Zone of the City and to allow limited indoor cannabis cultivation consistent with State law.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the adoption of the attached Ordinance. However, responding to state licensing authorities and ongoing code enforcement may require additional staff time.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
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 proposed text Amendments to Title 10 and Title A to prohibit commercial cannabis and allow limited indoor cannabis.
After receiving public testimony at a public hearing on October 17, 2017, the City Council introduced Ordinance Nos.17-0024 and 17-0025, Amendments to the Municipal Code Chapter 4.136 and adding Chapter 10.82 and A.82, the Local Coastal Program. A second reading was held on November 7, 2017 and both ordinances were adopted. Resolution No. 17-0131 was also adopted a...
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