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Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative <br />June 17, 2014 <br />Page 2 <br />At the March 18, 2013 meeting, the City Council directed staff to explore placing a competing <br />initiative on the November 2014 ballot to either affirm the City's ban on storefront medical <br />marijuana collectives /cooperatives or an initiative to permit but further regulate <br />collectives /cooperatives beyond the proposed regulations provided in the collective- backed <br />initiative. <br />On June 3, 2014, the City Council received an update on the Medical Marijuana Initiatives and <br />were provided options to proceed. These options included taking no further actions and awaiting <br />the results of the voter initiative, directing staff to prepare an initiative to affirm the City's ban on <br />medical marijuana collectives /cooperatives or directing staff to prepare an initiative to permit but <br />regulate medical marijuana collectives /cooperatives. <br />Following a presentation by staff and discussion of the relevant issues, the City Council voted to <br />direct staff to prepare a competing ballot initiative to permit but regulate medical marijuana <br />collectives /cooperatives beyond the proposed regulations contained in the voter initiative. <br />Additionally, staff was directed to explore options regarding the separation requirements between <br />medical marijuana facilities and increase the maximum number of facilities permitted in the City <br />from eight to twelve. <br />Proposed City Initiative <br />The regulations proposed were derived from recommendations from the California Police Chiefs <br />Association, a review of other cities' and counties' regulations regarding medical marijuana <br />collectives and direct Code Enforcement experience regulating illegal medical marijuana <br />collectives in the City. While a complete list of the proposed regulations is provided in Exhibit 1, <br />the proposed City initiative will include: <br />• Limit to industrially zoned (M1, M2) properties only. <br />• 1,000 foot separation requirement from sensitive uses (schools, parks and residentially <br />zoned properties). <br />• Strict operational standards including (but not limited to): <br />• On -site, licensed security guards <br />• Closed- circuit video surveillance (interior and exterior) <br />• Limited signage (non - illuminated) <br />• Require sufficient odor absorbing ventilation and exhaust so that odors <br />generated inside the property cannot be detected outside or in adjacent <br />suites. <br />• Limit the hours of operation to Monday- Saturday 10:00 a.m.to midnight and <br />Sunday 11:00 a.m.to 7:00 p.m. <br />• Restrict minors under the age of 18 <br />• Prohibit on -site consumption <br />55D -2 <br />