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RESOLUTION NO.18-04
<br />RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
<br />REDWOOD CITY RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 59 OF
<br />THE REDWOOD CITY ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING
<br />COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES
<br />WHEREAS, in 2015, California enacted three bills, Assembly Bills 243 and 266
<br />and Senate Bill 643, commonly referred to as the Medical Cannabis Regulation and
<br />Safety Act ("MCRSA"), which established a comprehensive state regulatory and licensing
<br />framework for cultivation, manufacturing, sale, transportation, storage, delivery, and
<br />testing of medical cannabis in California; and
<br />WHEREAS, in 2016, the voters of the State of California approved Proposition 64,
<br />known as the "Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act" (AUMA), which
<br />legalized recreational cannabis use by persons age twenty-one and over, authorized
<br />cultivation of up to six cannabis plants for personal consumption, and established a new
<br />state regulatory and licensing framework for cultivation, manufacturing, sale,
<br />transportation, storage, delivery, and testing of adult use cannabis in California; and
<br />WHEREAS, in 2017, California enacted Senate Bill 94, which repealed MCRSA,
<br />incorporated certain provisions of the MCRSA into the licensing provisions of the AUMA,
<br />and consolidated the state regulatory and licensing framework for medical and adult use
<br />cannabis, with the consolidated provisions to be known as "Medicinal and Adult -Use
<br />Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act" (MAUCRSA); and
<br />WHEREAS, MAUCRSA preserves the authority of local jurisdictions to prohibit or
<br />impose additional restrictions on the cultivation, manufacture, transportation, storage,
<br />distribution, delivery, and sale of commercial medical or adult use cannabis; and
<br />WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to Article 59 of the Zoning Ordinance would
<br />allow for delivery centers and indoor nurseries with a 1,000 ft. buffer from protected uses
<br />and associated amendments (the "Zoning Ordinance Amendment"); and
<br />WHEREAS, on March 20, 2018, the Planning Commission held a duly -noticed
<br />public hearing on the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment and on said date the public
<br />hearing was opened, held, and closed and all interested members of the public were
<br />afforded an opportunity to be heard; and
<br />WHEREAS, at the public hearing the Planning Commission considered the staff
<br />reports, oral and written, and testimony and materials presented by all those wishing to
<br />be heard on the Zoning Ordinance Amendment; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed and considered the
<br />exemption determination under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") prior
<br />to taking any approval actions on this Resolution and approves such exemption.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
<br />REDWOOD CITY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
<br />ATTY/RESO.0018/PC RESO RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 59 OF THE RWC ZA ORD — CANNABIS
<br />REV: 03-19-18 PR
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