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Adult use” means a person over the age of 21 with a valid State ID, who is qualified to purchase cannabis from an established cannabis business.

Ancillary” means a use that is related but subordinate to the primary or dominant use on the site.

Cannabis” means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, or any other strain or varietal of the genus Cannabis that may exist or hereafter be discovered or developed that has psychoactive or medicinal properties, whether growing or not, including the seeds thereof. “Cannabis” also means marijuana as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 11018, and amended by the California Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Initiative, and as defined by other applicable State law. “Cannabis” does not mean “industrial hemp” as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 11018.5. Cannabis is classified as an agricultural product separately from other agricultural crops.

Cannabis” or “cannabis product” means cannabis or a cannabis product, respectively, intended to be sold for either medical or adult use.

Cannabis business” means an entity engaged in the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of medical or adult use cannabis, and medical or adult use cannabis products for commercial purposes.

Cannabis cultivation” means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of either medical or adult use cannabis.

Cannabis cultivation area” means the maximum dimensions allowed for the growing of cannabis. For purposes of this chapter, the allowable cultivation area shall apply to the outward edge of the vegetative canopy.

Cannabis delivery” means the commercial transfer of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products to a primary caregiver or qualified patient; or the commercial transfer of adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products to a person over the age of 21 with valid ID. “Delivery” also includes the use of any technology platform owned and controlled by a cannabis business operator that enables qualified patients, primary caregivers, or adult use customers to arrange for or facilitate the commercial transfer by a permitted cannabis retailer of which the City has three classifications: medical dispensary retail, adult use dispensary retail, or office-only cannabis retail.

Cannabis distribution/warehouse” means the procurement, sale, and transport of medical cannabis or adult use cannabis, and medical cannabis products or adult use cannabis products, between legally established cannabis businesses. This does not include patient delivery or adult use delivery.

Cannabis manufacturing” means the production, preparation, propagation, or compounding of medical cannabis or adult use cannabis, or medical cannabis products or adult use cannabis products, using nonvolatile solvents, or no solvents, either directly or indirectly or by extraction methods, or independently by mean of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis at a fixed location that packages or repackages cannabis or cannabis products or labels or relabels its container. This does not include the manufacturing of either medical or adult use cannabis products using volatile solvents, which is not permitted in the City.

Cannabis microbusiness” means a cannabis cultivation business of less than 10,000 square feet in combination with medical cannabis distribution, medical cannabis manufacturing – level 1, and/or medical cannabis retail (dispensary) and delivery, combined within one State license.

Cannabis operator” or “operator” means the person or entity that is engaged in the conduct of any commercial medical cannabis or adult cannabis use.

Cannabis packaging and labeling” means entities that only package or repackage cannabis products or label or relabel the cannabis product container. Can package and label for other licensees.

Cannabis Retail. There are three levels of cannabis retail permitted in the City:

1. Type 1: “Medical dispensary, cannabis retail” means a facility where medical cannabis or medical cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers medical cannabis or medical cannabis products as part of a retail sale.

2. Type 2: “Adult use dispensary, cannabis retail” means a facility where cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers cannabis or cannabis products as part of a retail sale for adult use.

3. Type 3: “Office only, cannabis retail” means the sale and delivery of either medical cannabis or adult use cannabis, and/or medical cannabis products or adult use cannabis products, to qualified customers via online, the phone or by mail. No sales of cannabis are made on site. Except as permitted by State law, all cannabis products shall be stored in a secured fashion. Such use shall have a licensed premises which is a physical location from which commercial cannabis activities are conducted. Such use’s premises are closed to the public. The intent of this use type is to serve as an office to coordinate the transport of cannabis obtained from other licensees to qualified patients or qualified adult customers with valid identification. Such use type may conduct sales exclusively by delivery.

Cannabis processing” means a licensee that conducts only trimming, drying, curing, grading or packaging of cannabis and nonmanufactured cannabis products. Processing does not involve any cultivation or manufacturing.

Cannabis testing laboratory” means a laboratory, facility, or entity in the State that offers or performs tests of medical cannabis or adult use cannabis and/or medical cannabis products or adult use cannabis products, and that is both of the following:

1. Accredited by an accrediting body that is independent from all other persons involved in commercial cannabis activity in the State.

2. Licensed by the Bureau of Cannabis Control.

Edible cannabis product” means a cannabis product that is intended to be used, in whole or in part, for human consumption, including, but not limited to, chewing gum, but excluding products set forth in Division 15 (commencing with Section 32501) of the Food and Agricultural Code. An edible cannabis product is not considered food, as defined by Section 109935 of the Health and Safety Code, or a drug, as defined by Section 109925 of the Health and Safety Code.

Greenhouse” means a permanent enclosed structure for the propagation and growing of plants, constructed with a translucent roof and/or walls.

Marijuana. See “Cannabis.”

Person with an identification card” shall have the same definition as set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq., and as they may be amended from time to time.

Physician” shall include licensed medical doctors (M.D.) and doctors of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) as defined in the Business and Professions Code.

Primary caregiver” shall have the same definition as set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq., and as may be amended.

Qualified patient” shall have the same definition as set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq., and as they may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 1147 §2 (Exh. A), 2023)