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DRAFT Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordinance (12/3/2012 City Council meeting) <br /> <br /> 4 <br /> <br />(c) The City shall issue no more than two (2) valid permits for the operation of dispensaries in the City. <br /> <br />(d) In addition to the requirements specified in Chapter 2-2 related to Business Licenses, the permit <br />application for a Dispensary shall set forth the following information: <br /> <br />(1) Unless it is determined by the City that the location will not impact the peace, order <br />and welfare of the public, evidence that the proposed location of such Dispensary is not <br />within one thousand (1000’) feet of a public or private school, public library, youth center <br />(serving youth ages eighteen (18) and under), parks and recreation facilities, and <br />another Dispensary and five hundred (500’) feet from a residential zone. The proposed <br />Dispensaries must be located in a commercial or industrial zone, or its equivalent as <br />may be amended, of the City. <br /> <br />(2) A complete description of the type, nature and extent of the enterprise to be <br />conducted, with evidence satisfactory to the City that the enterprise is either a collective <br />or cooperative, as described in the Attorney General Guidelines. <br /> <br />(3) A plan of operations that will describe how the Dispensary will operate consistent <br />with the intent of State law, the provisions of this Chapter, the Attorney General <br />Guidelines, the City’s Municipal and Zoning Codes, and conditions of approval including <br />but not limited to: <br /> <br />(i) Controls to verify membership in collectives and cooperatives to ensure medical <br />marijuana will be dispensed only to qualified patients and primary caregivers; and <br /> <br />(ii) Controls to acquire, possess, transport and distribute marijuana to and from <br />members, and plans to ensure marijuana is acquired as part of a closed-circuit of <br />marijuana cultivation and consumption. <br /> <br />(iii) A security plan, as a separate document, outlining the proposed security <br />arrangements for ensuring the safety of persons and to protect the premises from theft <br />and burglary, and patrons and customers from robbery. The security plan shall be <br />reviewed by the Police Department and shall be exempt from disclosure as a public <br />record pursuant to Government Code Section 6255(a). <br /> <br />(iv) Such other information deemed necessary to conduct any investigation or <br />background check of the applicant, and for the City to determine compliance with this <br />Chapter, the City’s Municipal Code and Zoning Code. <br /> <br />(e) The City Manager shall designate the investigating official to whom an application shall be referred. <br />In recommending the granting or denying of such permit and in granting or denying the same, such <br />designee shall give particular consideration to the capacity, capitalization, and history of the applicant and <br />any other factors that in the City’s discretion it deems necessary to maintain the peace, order and welfare <br />of the public. The City Manager on his or her own power and in addition to any other conditions of approval <br />imposed by any other City departments, boards, commissions or legislative bodies, may impose any <br />conditions on a Dispensary permit he or she deems necessary to maintain the peace, order, and welfare of <br />the public.