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0 <br />W <br />J <br />m <br />yQj J <br />J_ <br />W t 0 <br />J <br />I N j <br />=s <br />�o <br />O W'� <br />N N � <br />Wpz <br /><2J° <br />VI <br />0 <br />0 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />AMENDING THE <br />MUNICIPAL CODE <br />BY ADDING CHAPTER _ TO ESTABLISH RESTRICTIONS <br />AND PROHIBITIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND <br />OPERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVES. <br />WHEREAS, California voters approved the Compassionate Use Act <br />( "CUA ") in 1996 to exempt seriously ill patients and their primary caregivers from <br />criminal liability for possession and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Medical Marijuana Program Act of 2003 ( "MMPA ") <br />provides for the association of primary caregivers and qualified patients to <br />cultivate marijuana for specified medical purposes and also authorizes local <br />governing bodies to adopt and enforce laws consistent with its provisions; and <br />WHEREAS, there have been recent reports from City personnel and the <br />media of increasing numbers of medical marijuana dispensaries operating <br />making the regulation of such operations an important health, safety, and welfare <br />responsibility of the City; and <br />WHEREAS, medical marijuana that has not been collectively or personally <br />grown may constitute a unique health hazard to the public because, unlike all <br />other ingestibles, marijuana is not regulated, inspected, or analyzed for <br />contamination by state or federal government and may contain harmful <br />chemicals that could further endanger the health of persons already seriously ill; <br />and <br />1 <br />04202014- aev.v30 <br />