11D - 2ND READ ORD MEDICAL MARIJUANA

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person, including a qualified patient or primary caregiver, shall engage, permit, or participate in the commercial cultivation of marijuana in the City. (3) Outdoor Cultivation. Outdoor cultivation of marijuana or medical marijuana is prohibited anywhere in the City. No person, including a qualified patient or primary caregiver, shall engage, permit, or participate in the outdoor cultivation of marijuana in the City. (4) Nuisance. (i) It is hereby declared to be unlawful, a public nuisance, and a violation of this Chapter for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any parcel within the City to cause or allow such parcel to be used for the cultivation of marijuana, unless the person is authorized by state law to grow marijuana within a private residence, and such authorized person is complying with all requirements of this Chapter. (5) Public Nuisance Prohibited. (i) It is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any parcel within the City to create a public nuisance in the course of cultivating marijuana plants or any part thereof in any location, indoor or outdoor. 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 Ordinance No. NS -XXX Page 12 of 19 11D-14