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AP 9.5.17 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE <br />SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO MEDICAL <br />MARIJUANA COLLECTIVES (SECTION 18-613 AND SECTION 18- <br />617.1 OF ARTICLE XIII OF CHAPTER 18) <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and <br />declares as follows: <br />A. On November 4, 2014, Santa Ana voters approved Santa Ana's Medical Marijuana <br />Regulatory Program ordinance ("Measure BB") allowing up to twenty (20) medical <br />marijuana retail cannabis collectives/cooperatives ("dispensaries"). <br />B. Following the adoption of Measure BB, the provisions of the measure were codified <br />in Chapters 18 and 21 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code. The City also established <br />an implementation plan, enforcement program, administrative policies, and best <br />practices. <br />C. On June 20, 2017, the City of Santa Ana adopted an Ordinance (Ordinance No. <br />2918) amending Chapter 18 to allow the following modifications to the existing <br />medical marijuana ordinance/Measure BB: 1. Increased signage opportunities, 2. <br />Increased hours of operation, 3. Eliminate cash reserve limits, 4. Allow delivery <br />services, 5. Guidelines for Financial audit requirements, 6. Adoption of <br />administrative procedures, 7. Added definitions to the ordinance, 8. Allowed <br />Transferability of Collective/Cooperative Business License. The amendments will <br />take effect on August 5, 2017. <br />D. Following the June 20, 2017 City Council adoption of Ordinance No. 2918, <br />additional amendments were identified to address a small error in the signage <br />provisions and to ensure timelier submittal of Regulatory Safety Permit (RSP) <br />applications. <br />E. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are <br />repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of the Charter <br />of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code is <br />not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of <br />the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only <br />in conformance with the Charter. <br />Section 2. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the <br />state CEQA Guidelines, the adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from CEQA review <br />pursuant to California Code of Regulations section 15061(b)(3), which is applicable if it <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXXX <br />75B-3 Page 1 <br />