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6.4.13. - Page 33 nurseries are allowed in the industrial zoning district of IR, LII, IP, and GI with a Conditional Use Permit. Nurseries include cultivation that produces only clones, immature plants, seeds and other products for commercial sales. In addition, the sensitive use buffer was established at 600 feet, which requires that all cannabis uses must be at least this distance from schools, child care centers, youth centers, public parks, and libraries. The Municipal Code amendment established regulations governing nurseries, delivery centers, and deliveries in the City. The regulations created a cannabis business permit that all nurseries and delivery centers located in the City must obtain prior to operating. Additionally, the regulations established operating requirements for such cannabis businesses. As relevant here, the regulations require consideration of the criminal conviction record of a cannabis business permit applicant and the owners, managers, and employees of the applicant's associated cannabis business at the application stage. The regulations do not require review of the circumstances of conviction if the applicant is denied a permit based on a conviction. During the April 9, 2018 public hearing, members of the City Council expressed interest in staff evaluating the Commercial Office zoning district as a potential location for delivery centers and nurseries and return with a recommendation. A map of properties in the CO District is located in Figure 1. Additionally, during the April 9 hearing, questions were raised about the Municipal Code amendment's background check requirements. ANALYSIS There are two types of commercial cannabis activity that would be permitted in Redwood City upon the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance amendment mentioned above in the IR, LII, IP, and GI (industrial) Zoning Districts: • Delivery Centers. Delivery centers allow for storage of cannabis products, call centers to receive orders, and deliveries directly to customers. Individual customers would be prohibited from buying cannabis products "over the counter" similar to a retail use. The state regulates this as a "non -storefront retail" business. • Nurseries. Nurseries are defined as producing only clones, immature plants, and seeds and other agricultural products specifically for planting and propagation. A nursery producing seed for distribution may contain mature plants, but all products, except seed, derived from these plants are prohibited from entering the commercial distribution chain. A nursery may maintain a research and