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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 21, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />RECEIVE AND FILE — CONFIRMATION OF <br />ORDINANCE SECOND READING: ADOPT <br />AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE CHAPTER 40 <br />OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE <br />(COMMERCIAL CANNABIS) — CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA, APPLICANT {STRATEGIC <br />PLAN NOS. 3, 2; 3, 3; 3, 5; 4, 3} <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Receive and file. <br />DISCUSSION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />r1]73iM <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 111 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />On October 17, 2017, the following ordinance was introduced for first reading and City Council <br />authorized publication of title by a vote of 4-0 (Pulido, Sarmiento abstained; Martinez absent): <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS -2929 —AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA CREATING CHAPTER 40 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, <br />"REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL CANNABIS", TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL <br />CANNABIS ACTIVITIES, EXCEPTING MEDICINAL RETAIL <br />At an adjourned meeting on November 9, 2017, the ordinance was introduced for second reading. <br />and approved with amendments by a vote of 5-0 (Pulido and Sarmiento absent). The amendments <br />are described in the "Description" section of this report. <br />Following revisions to the ordinance at the November 9, 2017 City Council meeting, the ordinance <br />will allow the existing operational medicinal cannabis retailers to begin selling cannabis for adult use <br />upon execution of an operating agreement by the City. The ordinance also allows Measure BB <br />retailers that are currently in the Regulatory Safety Permitting process to sell adult -use cannabis upon <br />execution of the required operating agreement. Finally, the ordinance allows up to 30 total adult -use <br />cannabis retail stores, inclusive of the Measure BB providers. Applications for new locations that are <br />not from the Measure BB "selected" list will be accepted beginning in 2018. <br />11E-1 <br />