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05/07/2018
<br />ATTY/ORD.464/RC MUNICIPAL CODE CANNABIS BUSNIESS REGULATIONS ORDINANCE NO. 2444
<br />REV: 04-27-18 MI MUFF NO. 305
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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2444
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD
<br />CITY ADDING DIVISION 7 (REGULATION OF CANNABIS
<br />BUSINESSES) TO ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 32 OF THE MUNICIPAL
<br />CODE OF REDWOOD CITY
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<br />WHEREAS, in 2015, California enacted three bills, Assembly Bills 243 and 266
<br />and Senate Bill 643, commonly referred to as the Medicinal Cannabis Regulation and
<br />Safety Act (“MCRSA”), which established a comprehensive state regulatory and
<br />licensing framework for cultivation, manufacturing, sale, transportation, storage,
<br />delivery, and testing of medicinal 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 adult use 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WHEREAS, in 2017, California enacted Senate Bill 94, which repealed MCRSA,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 MCRSA into the licensing provisions of the AUMA,
<br />and consolidated the state regulatory and licensing framework for medicinal and adult
<br />use cannabis, with the consolidated provisions to be known as “Medicinal and Adult -
<br />Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act” (MAUCRSA); and
<br />WHEREAS, MAUCRSA preserves the authority of local jurisdictions to prohibit or
<br />regulate the cultivation, manufacture, transportation, storage, distribution, delivery, and
<br />sale of commercial medicinal or adult use cannabis; and
<br />WHEREAS, Zoning Ordinance Article 59 prohibited all commercial cannabis
<br />activity except for deliveries by cannabis retailers located outside Redwood City; 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 />medicinal or adult use, in Redwood City; and
<br />WHEREAS, on April 23, 2018, the City amended Article 59 of the Zoning
<br />Ordinance to allow indoor nurseries and delivery centers in certain zoning districts, and
<br />to continue to allow deliveries; and
<br />WHEREAS, it is the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to regulate indoor
<br />nurseries, delivery centers, and deliveries in order to ensure the health, safety, and
<br />welfare of the residents of the City.
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