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City Council Medical Marijuana Task Force Report
Presenter:
Councilmember Larry Bagley
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Summary:
On November 10, 2015, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 15-79, which imposed a six-month moratorium on the processing of any new land use or licensing approvals for any new medical marijuana facility or the change of location of an existing medical marijuana facility within the City limits, with the six month period to run from November 26, 2015 to and including May 25, 2016. The ordinance also specified that the President of City Council would appoint and City Council would confirm a Task Force to "review, study, develop, evaluate, and review appropriate laws and regulations pertaining to marijuana businesses for presentation to the City Council..."
Previous Council Action:
City Council adopted Ordinance No. 15-79 on November 10, 2015. On November 24, 2015, City Council confirmed President Bennett's appointments to the task force.
Background:
The task force met on six occasions between December 3 and March 14, with a quorum in attendance at each meeting. All meetings were open to the public, and Councilmember Bagley, as Chair, accepted comments from interested citizens in attendance on a number of occasions. The meetings were covered by several media outlets, and public comments were accepted at a City email address specially set up for this use.
Briefly, the Task Force's report recommends the following changes to City Code regarding medical marijuana businesses:
- Amend City Code 7.3.105 relating to land uses allowed in residential zones to restrict personal cultivation of marijuana and medical marijuana to twelve plants, with additional requirements limiting such cultivation to 150 square feet for a single-family dwelling detached or 75 square feet for all other dwelling unit types and accessory structures;
- Amend City Code Section 7.3.205 to increase from 400 feet to 1000 feet the required separation between medical marijuana ...
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