Item 22 - Ordinance Second Reading - Commercial Cannabis Amendments

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 48 of 68 (i) It is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any parcel within the City to create a public nuisance in the course of cultivating marijuana plants or any part thereof in any location, indoor or outdoor, except as allowed and regulated in Chapter 40 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code. A public nuisance may be deemed to exist, if such activity produces: (1) Odors which are disturbing to people of reasonable sensitivity residing or present on adjacent or nearby property or areas open to the public; (2) Repeated responses to the parcel by law enforcement personnel; (3) A repeated disruption to the free passage of persons or vehicles in the neighborhood, excessive noise which is disturbing to people of normal sensitivity on adjacent or nearby property or areas open to the public; (4) Any other impacts on the neighborhood which are disruptive of normal activity in the area including, but not limited to, grow lighting visible outside the dwelling, excessive vehicular traffic or parking occurring at or near the dwelling, and excessive noise emanating from the dwelling. (5) Outdoor and Commercial growing and cultivation of marijuana, except as allowed and regulated in Chapter 40 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code. (f) A permitted medical marijuana dispensary may deliver medical marijuana only to a qualified patient or caregiver. Medical marijuana delivery services by dispensaries possessing regulatory safety permits must comply with Business and Professions Code §19340. Delivery of cannabis from a dispensary permitted pursuant to this Chapter can only be made in a city or county that does not expressly prohibit it by ordinance. Delivery services by dispensaries not in possession of regulatory safety permits is expressly prohibited. (g) Non-Retail Commercial Cannabis Businesses for Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis as defined in Article I of Chapter 40 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) are permitted subject to the regulations and standards contained within Chapter 40 of the SAMC. Section 8. Section 21-127 of Article XII of Chapter 21 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in full as follows: Sec. 21-127. - Marijuana collectives/cooperatives—Annual business license tax assessment. (a) Annual business license tax assessment for marijuana collectives/cooperatives. (1) Every collective/cooperative whether it is organized or conducted as a "not for profit" business, a "non-profit" business, or a "for-profit" business, shall