...Title
Cannabis Business Ordinance Revisions.
...Recommendations
As referred by the Rules and Open Government Committee on October 19, 2022, direct the City Manager to amend the Cannabis Business Ordinance with the following changes:
(a) Adjust distance requirements for new cannabis storefronts citywide from K-12 Schools, Daycare Centers, and Youth Centers, replacing the current distance requirements, as follows:
(1) Establish a 1,000-foot distance buffer measured as path of travel from the public entrance of the cannabis business to the public entrance of the school, daycare, or youth center (path of travel); and
(2) Establish a minimum 500-foot distance buffer measured as a straight line from the property line with the cannabis business to the property line of the sensitive use (parcel to parcel).
(b) Eliminate the distance requirements from other cannabis storefronts.
(c) Adjust distance requirements for new cannabis storefronts outside of Downtown or Urban Villages from Community Centers, Recreation Centers, and Parks as follows, replacing the current distance requirement:
(1) Establish a 500-foot distance buffer measured as parcel to parcel.
(d) Retain current distance requirements to sensitive uses for Rehab Centers, Emergency Residential Shelters, and Residential Uses.
(e) Remove the crime overlay restriction on new cannabis storefronts.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-008, General Procedure and Policy Making resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (Jones, Peralez, Carrasco and Foley)
[Rules Committee referral 10/19/2022 - Item C.1]