County of Monterey - File #: PC 17-080

• File #: PC 17-080
• Name: REF150048 - Cannabis Ordinances Update Workshop
• Type: Planning Item
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 9/20/2017
• In control: Monterey County Planning Commission
• On agenda: 9/27/2017
• Title: REF150048 - CANNABIS ORDINACES UPDATE WORKSHOP Public workshop to: a. Receive a presentation regarding changes in state law for licensing commercial cannabis activities; b. Receive a presentation of draft ordinances amending Monterey County code including: 1) the inland Zoning Ordinance (Title 21); 2) the coastal Zoning Ordinance (Title 20); the Commercial Medical Cannabis Business Licenses regulations (Chapter 7.90); 3) the Business License requirements (Chapter 7.02); and a text amendment to the North County Land Use Plan to update regulations for permitting commercial cannabis activities including both medicinal and adult-use/recreational cannabis activities and other changes based on state law; and c. Provide direction to staff. Location: County-wide Proposed CEQA action: Workshop is Statutorily Exempt per Section 15262

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/27/2017	Monterey County Planning Commission

Title
REF150048 - CANNABIS ORDINACES UPDATE WORKSHOP
Public workshop to:
a. Receive a presentation regarding changes in state law for licensing commercial cannabis activities;
b. Receive a presentation of draft ordinances amending Monterey County code including: 1) the inland Zoning Ordinance (Title 21); 2) the coastal Zoning Ordinance (Title 20); the Commercial Medical Cannabis Business Licenses regulations (Chapter 7.90); 3) the Business License requirements (Chapter 7.02); and a text amendment to the North County Land Use Plan to update regulations for permitting commercial cannabis activities including both medicinal and adult-use/recreational cannabis activities and other changes based on state law; and
c. Provide direction to staff.
Location: County-wide
Proposed CEQA action: Workshop is Statutorily Exempt per Section 15262
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission:
a. Receive a presentation regarding changes in state law pertaining to cannabis licensing; and
b. Provide direction to staff on draft land use regulations amending the ordinances governing commercial cannabis activities in the unincorporated areas of Monterey County.

SUMMARY:

Senate Bill (SB) 94 consolidated medical and adult-use cannabis regulatory frameworks established under the Medical Cannabis and Regulatory Safety Act (MCRSA) and Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), into one single regulatory system for commercial cannabis activity - the Medicinal and Adult-Use of Cannabis Regulatory and Safety Act (MAUCRSA). The County's current cannabis regulations were created and adopted based on MCRSA, which was the State law in place at the time. MCRSA, and consequently the County's ordinances, were limited to medical cannabis activities and do not address adult use/recreational cannabis activities. With the changes resulting from Proposition 64 and subsequently SB 94, the County's cannabis regulations no longer align with the State law including,...