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<br />Atty/Ord/Ord .328 <br />011410 <br /> <br />01/25/2010 <br /> <br />marijuana collectives, operator licensing, or cultivation of <br />marijuana plants. <br /> <br />D. The City has received inquires concerning whether collectives <br />are allowed in Redwood City. Collectives are not listed as <br />permitted or conditional uses and therefore are currently <br />prohibited by omission, but a clear policy statement whether and <br />to what extent collectives are either allowed or not allowed is <br />preferred. <br /> <br />E. In cities that have permitted medical marijuana collectives, <br />issues and concerns have arisen related to the establishment of <br />medical marijuana collectives in close proximity to residential <br />properties, schools, and day care facilities. Furthermore, those <br />cities have reported increases in loitering, illegal drug activity, <br />burglaries, robberies, and other criminal activity within and <br />around the collectives, as well as increased pedestrian and <br />vehicular traffic, noise and parking violations. Medical <br />marijuana collectives and/or dispensaries have also resulted in <br />increased demands for police response, as well as maintenance <br />of public streets and sidewalks. <br /> <br />F. The use, possession, cultivation, or distribution of marijuana for <br />any purpose remains illegal under federal law. <br /> <br />G. There are several open questions of state law regarding the <br />regulation of medical marijuana collectives, including how to <br />interpret the State Attorney General's August 2008 "Guidelines <br />for the Security and Non-Diversion of Marijuana Grown for <br />medical Use." <br /> <br />H. To protect residents and businesses from potential harmful <br />community impacts resulting from medical marijuana collectives, <br />City staff needs time to study the legality, potential adverse <br />community impacts, and mechanisms for regulating medical <br />marijuana collectives. <br /> <br />I. If medical marijuana collectives are allowed to proceed without <br />appropriate review of location, operation criteria and standards, <br />the collectives could conflict with requirements of the General <br />Plan, the City's Zoning Ordinance, and forthcoming state law <br />and City regulations and result in irreversible incompatibility of <br />land uses and adverse impacts on residents, businesses, and <br />neighborhoods that present a clear and immediate danger to the <br />public health, safety, and welfare. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />2352 <br />FORMERLY MUFF # 205 <br />