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11/09/2020 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2490 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD <br />CITY AMENDING DIVISION 7 (REGULATION OF CANNABIS <br />BUSINESSES) OF ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 32 OF THE MUNICIPAL <br />CODE OF REDWOOD CITY TO REGULATE CANNABIS STOREFRONT <br />RETAIL AND UPDATE OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR CANNABIS <br />BUSINESSES <br />WHEREAS, in 2015, the California Legislature enacted three bills, Assembly Bills <br />243 and 266 and Senate Bill 643, commonly referred to as the Medical Cannabis <br />Regulation and Safety Act ("MCRSA"), which established a comprehensive state <br />regulatory and licensing framework for cultivation, manufacturing, sale, transportation, <br />storage, delivery, and testing of medical cannabis in California; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2016, the voters of the State of California approved Proposition <br />64, known as the "Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act" (AUMA), <br />which legalized recreational cannabis use by persons age twenty-one and over, <br />authorized cultivation of up to six cannabis plants for personal consumption, and <br />established a new state regulatory and licensing framework for cultivation, <br />manufacturing, sale, transportation, storage, delivery, and testing of adult use cannabis <br />in California; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2017, the California Legislature enacted Senate Bill 94, which <br />repealed MCRSA, incorporated certain provisions of the MCRSA into the licensing <br />provisions of the AUMA, and consolidated the state regulatory and licensing framework <br />for medical and adult use cannabis, with the consolidated provisions to be known as <br />"Medicinal and Adult -Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act" (MAUCRSA); and <br />WHEREAS, MAUCRSA preserves the authority of local jurisdictions to regulate <br />all commercial cannabis business activities within their borders, pursuant to their local <br />land use and police powers embodied in Sections 5 and 7 of Article XI of the California <br />Constitution, including the power to prohibit or impose additional restrictions on the <br />cultivation, manufacture, transportation, storage, distribution, delivery, and sale of <br />commercial medical or adult use cannabis; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has a compelling interest in protecting the public health, <br />safety and welfare of its residents by regulating the commercial cultivation of cannabis <br />by indoor nurseries and the sale of cannabis and cannabis products, whether for <br />medical or adult use, in Redwood City; and <br />ATTY/ORD.525/CC ORD AMENDING MUNI CODE ART V CHAPT 32 DIV 7 ORDINANCE NO. 2490 <br />REV: 10-07-2020 MI MUFF NO. 305 <br />Page 1 of 23 <br />