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Urgency Cannabis Testing Laboratories Ordinance and Ordinance Amendment No. 2018-01 — <br />Allow Commercial Cannabis Testing Laboratories and Resolution to Modify Commercial <br />Cannabis Application Fees <br />March 20, 2018 <br />Page 4 <br />The RFCA has been revised to include this language and to state that staff anticipates <br />bringing forward an appropriation adjustment for City Council consideration at a future date. <br />DESCRIPTION <br />Table 1 (Proposed Amendments to Chapter 18 and Chapter 40) describes the draft ordinance to allow <br />commercial cannabis testing facilities, including changes based on City Council direction. <br />Table 1 — Proposed Amendments to Chapter 18 and Cha ter 40 <br />Item <br />Current Ordinances <br />Proposed Amendment <br />Impact <br />Definitions (chapters <br />Contain definitions for a <br />Amends Chapter 40 and <br />Enables compliance with <br />18 and 40) <br />variety of terms relating to <br />Chapter 18 to add definitions <br />State law and ensures <br />commercial cannabis. <br />for commercial cannabis <br />consistency between <br />businesses/activities and for <br />chapters 18 and 40. <br />cannabis testing <br />facilities/laboratories. <br />Separation criteria <br />Requires all commercial <br />Amends Chapter 40 to clarify <br />Provides certainty to existing <br />cannabis activities to be <br />that the 1,000 -foot buffer <br />property owners or those in <br />1,000 feet from any school, <br />required from residential <br />control of property to submit <br />park, or existing residential <br />zones is based on the original <br />applications for commercial <br />zone. <br />residential zones in place on <br />cannabis retail and testing <br />or before November 4, 2014. <br />based on residential land <br />uses at the time Measure BB <br />was adopted. <br />Uses permitted and <br />Contain operational <br />Amends Chapter 40 to allow <br />Ensures safe operations of <br />operational standards <br />standards addressing <br />and establish operational <br />cannabis testing laboratories <br />general operations and retail <br />standards for cannabis <br />in accordance with all <br />operations, <br />testing laboratories, including <br />applicable State laws. <br />prohibition against holding <br />other license types, requiring <br />inspections, and allowing <br />educational tours. <br />Application process <br />Require Registration <br />Requires Phase 1 and Phase <br />Streamlines the Phase 1 and <br />(Chapter 40) <br />Application (Phase 1) to verify <br />2 applications for cannabis <br />Phase 2 review process for <br />zoning, buffers, and <br />testing laboratories but allows <br />cannabis testing, saving <br />separation criteria, and <br />Phase 1 and Phase 2 <br />approximately 60 days, and <br />Regulatory Safety Permit <br />applications to be submitted <br />allows cannabis testing <br />(Phase 2) for background <br />concurrently and for testing <br />laboratories to begin <br />checks processes for <br />laboratories to be approved <br />operating in Santa Ana's <br />commercial cannabis retail <br />without merit criteria <br />industrial zoning districts, <br />businesses. <br />consideration. Eliminates <br />subject to compliance with all <br />separation criteria for testing <br />applicable standards and <br />facilities. <br />regulations. <br />Chapter 18 edits <br />Chapters 18 and 40 prohibit <br />Amends Chapter 18 to <br />Ensures consistency <br />all other commercial cannabis <br />ensure consistency with <br />between various SAMC <br />business activities, including <br />Chapter 40 (Commercial <br />chapters and compliance with <br />cannabis testing laboratories. <br />Cannabis). <br />State law. <br />75B-4 <br />