COUNTYOFLAKE
COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTDEPARTMENT
Courthouse-255N.ForbesStreetLakeport,California95453Telephone707/263-2221FAX707/263-2225
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AGENDAITEM
JUN262012
MEMOTO:
BoardofSupervisors
FROM:
RichardCoel,CommunityDevelopmentDirector
xc,.,
SUBJECT:
InterimUrgencyOrdinanceregardingMedicalMarijuanaCultivation;
June
26,
2012,1:30p.m.AgendaItemDATE:
June18,2012
Attachment:
INTERIMORDINANCEPROHIBITINGCOMMERCIALMEDICALMARImANACULTIVATIONANDCULTIVATIONONVACANTPROPERTIES,ANDLIMITINGOUTDOORCULTIVATIONAMOUNTSINTHECOUNTYOFLAKE,ANDDECLARINGTHEURGENCYTHEREOF
BACKGROUND
OnJune12,2012theBoardofSupervisorsdirectedtheCommunityDevelopmentDepartmenttoprepareadraftinterimordinancetoaddressmarijuanacultivationonatemporarybasis,whiletheMedicalMarijuanaCultivationAdvisoryBoardcontinuestodevelopadraftcultivationordinancefortheBoard'sconsiderationinthefuture,Thistemporaryurgencyordinanceisintendedtoprovideaclearlocallanduseordinancetoprohibitcultivationonvacant,undevelopedproperties,whilealsosettinglimitsontheamountofmedicalmarijuanaallowedonpropertiesdevelopedwithresidences,particularlywithinresidentialneighborhoods.Section65858oftheCaliforniaGovernmentCodecontainsprovisionstoallowforanurgencymeasuretoadoptaninterimordinancetobeapprovedfora45-daytimeperiod.Afour-fifthsvoteoftheBoardofSupervisorsisrequired.
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interimordinancecanbeextendedbytheBoardifappropriatefindingsaremadethatthereisacurrentandimmediatethreattothepublichealth,safety,orwelfare.StaffrequeststhattheBoardreviewanddiscusstheattachedinterimordinance,makewhateverrevisionsyoufeelarenecessary,andadopttheordinance.Staffwillbepreparedtomakerevisionstotheordinanceduringthehearing,basedonconsensusdirection,andwillprojecttheordinanceonthescreenwhilemakinganyrevisions,Also,theMedicalMarijuanaCultivationAdvisoryBoardismeetingonFriday,June22
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StaffwillbepreparedtodiscussanyadditionalrecommendationsthattheAdvisoryBoardreachesconsensuson,atthehearing.
RECOMMENDATION
StaffrecommendsthattheBoardofSupervisorsmakesthefollowingfindingsandadopttheinterimurgencyordinance:
BOSMemo:InterimUrgencyOrdinance;MedicalMarijuanaCultivation
1.Thereisacurrentandimmediatethreattothepublichealth,safety,orwelfareasaresultofunregulatedcultivationofmedicalmarijuanaonvacantpropertiesandexcessiveamountsofmarijuanacultivationinresidentialneighborhoodsthroughoutLakeCounty.2.Proposition215wasintendedtoenablepersonswhoareinneedofmarijuanaformedicalpurposestouseitwithoutfearofcriminalprosecutionunderlimited,specifiedcircumstances.Proposition215furtherprovidesthat"nothinginthissectionshallbeconstruedtosupersedelegislationprohibitingpersonsfromengaginginconductthatendangersothers,ortocondonethediversionofmarijuanafornon-medicalpurposes."TheballotargumentssupportingProposition215expresslyacknowledgedthat"Proposition215doesnotallowunlimitedquantitiesofmarijuanatobegrownanywhere."3.In2004,theLegislatureenactedSB420(codifiedasCaliforniaHealthandSafetyCodeSection11362.7etseq.)toclarifythescopeofProposition215,andtoprovidequalifyingpatientsandprimarycaregiverswhocollectivelyorcooperativelycultivatemarijuanaformedicalpurposeswithalimiteddefensetocertainspecifiedStatecriminalstatutes.4.CaliforniaHealth
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SafetyCodesection11362.83expresslyallowscitiesandcountiestoadoptandenforceordinancesthatareconsistentwithSenateBill420.5.ThisOrdinanceisnotsubjecttotheCaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct(CEQA)pursuanttoSections15060(c)(2)(theactivitywillnotresultinadirectorreasonablyforeseeableindirectphysicalchangeintheenvironment)and15061(b)(3)(thereisnopossibilitytheactivityinquestionmayhaveasignificanteffectontheenvironment).Inadditiontotheforegoinggeneralexemptions,thefollowingcategoricalexemptionsapply:Sections15308(actionstakenasauthorizedbylocalordinancetoassureprotectionoftheenvironment)SampleMotionImovetowaivethereadingoftheordinance,readingitintitleonly.Ioffertheordinance.2
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ORDINANCENO._ANURGENCYMEASUREADOPTINGANINTERIMORDINANCEPROHIBITINGCOMMERCIALMEDICALMARIJUANACULTIVATIONANDCULTIVATIONONVACANTPROPERTIES,ANDLIMITINGOUTDOORCULTIVATIONAMOUNTSINTHECOUNTYOFLAKE,ANDDECLARINGTHEURGENCYTHEREOFWHEREAS,in1996,thevotersoftheStateofCaliforniaapprovedProposition215,"theCompassionateUseAct",whichwasintendedtoenablepersonsinneedofmedicalmarijuanatoobtain,use,andcultivatemarijuanaformedicalpurposesuponrecommendationbyalicensedphysicianandtoencouragethestategovernmenttoimplementaplantoprovideforthesafeandaffordabledistributionofmedicalmarijuana,andWHEREAS,onJanuary1,2004,SenateBill420becameeffectivetoclarifythescopeoftheCompassionateUseActandtoallowcitiesandcountiestoadoptandenforcerulesandregulationsconsistentwithSenateBill420andtheCompassionateUseAct;andWHEREAS,whiletheLakeCountyZoningOrdinancedoesnotpresentlyallowthecultivationofmedicalmarijuana,suchcultivationisoccurringatrapidlyincreasingfrequencyandinlargequantitiesthroughouttheCounty,particularlyonvacantpropertiesandresidentialzonesintheunincorporatedareasoftheCounty;andWHEREAS,medicalmarijuanacultivationraisesissuesoffirstimpressionfortheCountybecausetheCountyZoningOrdinancedoesnotpresentlyaddressorregulateitinanymanner,includingbutnotlimitedtothequantityofcultivationandidentificationofwhichzoningsuchalanduseisallowed;andWHEREAS,ifmedicalmarijuanacultivationwereallowedtocontinuewithoutrestrictionitislikelytocontinuetoproliferateinlargequantitiesinresidentialneighborhoodsandundeveloped
ANURGENCYMEASUREPROHIBITINGCOMMERCIALMEDICALMARIJUANACULTIVATIONANDCULTIVATIONONVACANTPROPERTIES,ANDLIMITINGOUTDOORCULTIVATIONAMOUNTSINTHECOUNTYOFLAKE,ANDDECLARINGTHEURGENCYTHEREOF
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