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Dispensary Permit

Dispensary Permit

DEFINITION:

 “Dispensary” shall mean any establishment which engages in the retail sale of cannabis for medical or recreational purposes consistent with the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act.

ALLOWED ZONES

• Permitted in Commercial General, Business Park, and Industrial Light zoning.

PROXIMITY STANDARDS

• Shall not be established or located within 100 feet of any residential dwelling. The distance between any Cannabis Oriented Businesses and any residence shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to the boundaries of the City and intervening structures, from the building containing the Cannabis Oriented Business to the nearest property line of the residence.

• Shall not be established or located within 600 feet of an existing school providing instruction in kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12, Day Care Center, or Youth Center. The distance between any Cannabis Oriented Businesses and any school shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to the boundaries of the City and intervening structures, from the building containing the Cannabis Oriented Business to the nearest property line of the School, Day Care and Youth Center.

• Dispensaries shall not be located within 500 feet of another dispensary. The distance between dispensaries shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to the boundaries of the City and intervening structures, from the property lines of each dispensary nearest the other.

• Only one dispensary may be located on a single-parcel.

STANDARDS

• Dispensaries shall only be permitted as an ancillary use to a permitted and fully operational Cultivation or Manufacturing Cannabis Oriented Business located within the City Limits. A maximum of one (1) dispensary shall be permitted per licensed Cultivator or Manufacturer. No Land Use Permit applications for a Dispensary shall be accepted for processing until the associated cultivation or manufacturing Cannabis Oriented Business is fully operational.

• Dispensaries shall be limited in size to no larger than three thousand, five hundred (3,500) square feet while at no time allowing the public dispensing area to exceed one thousand, five hundred (1,500) square feet.

• No dispensary shall operate between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

• Dispensaries shall maintain High Resolution video recording of all entrances and exits and interior spaces of the facility for no less than 240 hours. The cameras shall be in use twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven days per week.

• Recordings made by security cameras shall be made immediately available to the city manager or designee upon verbal request; no search warrant or subpoena shall be needed to view the recorded materials.

• The cannabis retail business shall notify patrons of the following through posting of a sign in a conspicuous location: 

  • Secondary sale, barter or distribution of cannabis is a crime and can lead to arrest.
  • Loitering on and around the retail site is prohibited by California Penal Code § 647(e) and that patrons must immediately leave the site and not consume cannabis in the vicinity of the retail site or on the property or in the parking lot.
  • A warning that patrons may be subject to prosecution under federal cannabis laws.
  • That the use of cannabis may impair a person's ability to drive a motor vehicle or operate machinery.