ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission to ADOPT ORDINANCE A, OR from Staff to ADOPT ORDINANCE B, Amending Appendix A, the Unified Development Code, Relating to MEDICAL/ADULT USE CANNABIS DISPENSARIES, CULTIVATION CENTERS, CRAFT GROWERS, INFUSERS and PROCESSORS.
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BACKGROUND: Following the March 21, 2023 City Council meeting, Staff presented a proposed text amendment relating to cannabis regulations at a special meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission.
The Planning & Zoning Commission voted 5 to 0 to amend the cannabis regulations attached hereto as ORDINANCE A with the following:
1) Replace the permitted use designation with a special use in the Industrial zoning districts.
2) Require the cannabis use to be active and in place within 6 months of the special use approval. A six-month extension may be granted by the City Manager. Currently, a special use has 24 months from approval to become active and in place.
3) Allow cannabis uses in the Warehouse Form District. Prohibit cannabis uses in all other Form Districts.
4) Special Use application will no longer be accepted by the Community Development Dept once the maximum number of licenses has been issued.
Staff's recommendation to amend the cannabis regulations is attached hereto as ORDINANCE B with the following:
1) Replace the permitted use designation with a special use in the Industrial zoning districts.
2) Require the cannabis use to be active and in place within 6 months of the special use approval. A six-month extension may be granted by the City Manager. Currently, a special use has 24 months from approval to become active and in place.
3) Prohibit cannabis uses in all Form Districts.
4) Special Use application will no longer be accepted by the Community Development Dept once the maximum number of licenses has been issued.
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