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• Allows collectives with ministerial permit issued by the Planning and <br />Building Agency <br />• Authorizes a minimum of 22 dispensaries with future increases based <br />on a population formula (1 dispensary per 15,000 residents) <br />• Contains limited land use / zoning regulations <br />• 500 -feet buffer from schools (K -12) — no buffer from homes or <br />parks <br />• Permitted in all commercial, industrial and professional zones <br />• Does not address mobile dispensaries or cultivation <br />• Limits the City's ability to assist in the enforcement or to investigate, <br />prosecute, or participate in any task force related to medical marijuana <br />laws <br />• Taxing method creates substantial issues within the City's tax code <br />• No regulation regarding distribution of facilities (green light district) <br />• No maximum number of facilities (minimum of 22) <br />• Definitions of collectives and cooperatives results in smaller operations <br />(more than 1 but less than 5) being unregulated <br />• Permitted in all commercial, industrial and professional zones <br />• Limited separation from sensitive uses (parks, schools, etc.) <br />• Ministerial approval process (no noticing or public hearing required) <br />• Limited /vague regulations regarding on -site security <br />• Causes a number of issues related to the Business Tax Code as it <br />relates to both medical marijuana and other businesses <br />Options to Proceed <br />• Three options to proceed: <br />• Option #1 — Take no further action <br />• Option #2 - City Initiative to ban <br />dispensaries <br />• Option #3 - City Initiative to regulate <br />dispensaries <br />Option #1 — Take no further action <br />• Staff will continue to enforce the existing ban on medical marijuana <br />dispensaries contained in Article XIII of Chapter 18 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code <br />• Collective- backed initiative will be on the November 2014 ballot <br />• If the initiative passes, the City will be required to implement the <br />regulations contained in the new initiative <br />Option #2 — City Initiative to Ban <br />• Propose a ballot measure that affirms the City's existing ban on <br />medical marijuana dispensaries <br />• Include language to clarify that the ban will apply to mobile <br />dispensaries and cultivation <br />• Would not prohibit medical marijuana from being prescribed and /or <br />distributed by State - licensed clinics, health care facilities, residential <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 15 JUNE 3, 2014 <br />1 0A -15 <br />