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Staff Report to Waive First Reading and Introduce an Ordinance of the City of San Leandro City Council adding Chapter 4-38 "Permitted Commercial Cannabis Activity" to the City of San Leandro Municipal Code
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council waive the first reading and introduce the Ordinance adding Chapter 4-38 "Permitted Commercial Cannabis Activity" to the San Leandro Municipal Code
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
The intent and purpose of this ordinance is to codify declared and existing City Council policy regarding certain commercial cannabis activity (as defined below) in accordance with State law to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the residents and businesses within the City. The City is authorized to regulate this activity pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulatory and Safety Act (MAUCRSA).
Applicability and Prohibitions:
The ordinance codifies the particular commercial cannabis activities that are permitted within the City, namely the retail dispensing of cannabis for medicinal use, the testing of cannabis and cannabis products for either adult or medicinal use, the delivery of cannabis and cannabis products for medicinal use within the City, and the manufacture of cannabis products for either adult or medicinal use. The City Council has made no affirmative policy, and by this ordinance prohibits, the distribution, dispensing, and delivery of cannabis and cannabis products for Adult Use. This ordinance also explicitly prohibits the commercial cultivation of cannabis for either adult or medicinal use; it preserves the right of patients and primary caregivers to cultivate medicinal cannabis for personal use. This ordinance is an affirmative statement to comply with State law, and ensures that local City regulations are not preempted by State law. Finally, this ordinance makes clear that dispensaries permitted by the City shall dispense, distribute, and manufacture can...
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