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ORDINANCE Amending Zoning Code Article 3, Definitions; Article 6, Commercial and Professional Districts; Article 7, Industrial Districts; and Article 16, Nonresidential Uses, to Enable Cannabis Product Manufacturing and Laboratories.
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WHEREAS, California's Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act established a comprehensive state licensing system for the commercial cultivation, manufacture, retail sale, testing, and distribution of cannabis and cannabis products; and
WHEREAS, the State of California enables local governments to adopt new ordinances to regulate local cannabis-related businesses in preparation for State licensing; and
WHEREAS, the manufacturing of cannabis products has only recently been legalized in the State of California and it is in the interest of the City of San Leandro to ensure that this new land use is responsibly established and compatible with other uses in the City; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the City of San Leandro adopted a new General Plan, which states that "[t]he San Leandro General Plan aspires to reshape the industrial areas of West and Central San Leandro to meet the demands of the new economy." Furthermore, the General Plan states that "[t]he guiding objectives in the City's large business districts are to promote business retention and diversification"; and to "locate the most intensive industrial uses in the areas that are furthest away from residential neighborhoods"; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan establishes policies to "[e]nsure that industrial zoning regulations are flexible enough to achieve the vision of San Leandro's industrial area as an 'innovation ecosystem', where new methods of production, operations, and design are supported"; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan directs the City to "[r]egularly review the Zoning Code to respond to real estate market and development trends, as well as changes in technology," and directs tha...
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