Item 35 - Ordinance Amendment No. 2022-01 - Commercial Cannabis Regulatory and Tax Updates

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 54 of 73 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 Chapters 18 and 40 of the 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. Sec. 40-111. Violation and enforcement. A. Violation/enforcement. Each and every violation of this article shall constitute a separate violation and shall be subject to all remedies and enforcement measures authorized by this Code. Additionally, as a nuisance per se, any violation of this article shall be subject to injunctive relief, revocation of the collective's registration, revocation of the certificate of occupancy for the location, disgorgement and payment to the city of any and all monies unlawfully obtained, costs of abatement, costs of investigation, attorney fees, and any other relief or remedy available at law or equity. The city may also pursue any and all remedies and actions available and applicable under local and state laws for any violations committed by the collective and persons related or associated with the collective. Exhibit 1