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File Number: 16-672 <br />The proposed amendments will also bring the Zoning Code into alignment with the Municipal <br />Code with consistent provisions and terminology by replacing the term “marijuana” with <br />“cannabis” and eliminating the 1,000 foot distancing requirement between medical cannabis <br />dispensaries, as currently codified in the Municipal Code. The use of the term “cannabis” has <br />become standardized through state regulations. <br />Analysis <br />Two of the proposed changes are essentially code “clean-up” items, bringing the Zoning Code <br />into consistency with the Municipal Code, while the third will enable two new <br />conditionally-permitted land uses related to cannabis: “Industry, Cannabis Product <br />Manufacturing,” and “Laboratories, Cannabis Testing Facilities.” The first new land use will <br />enable land uses that manufacture cannabis products and the second will enable laboratories <br />that provide analytical quality control and testing services of cannabis and cannabis products. <br />Both of these new uses would require review and approval of a Conditional Use Permit by the <br />Board of Zoning Adjustments prior to establishment. <br /> <br />“Laboratories, Cannabis Testing Facilities” and “Industry, Cannabis Product Manufacturing” <br />will be defined and identified in Zoning Code Articles 3, 6, & 7 as follows: <br /> <br />“Laboratories, Cannabis Testing Facilities. Laboratories conducting safety, quality <br />control, and analytical testing services of cannabis and products derived from cannabis <br />as a service to cannabis dispensaries, medical facilities, government agencies, <br />cannabis product manufacturers, or other entities as allowed by state law. This <br />definition does not include the cloning, planting or cultivation of cannabis plants or the <br />direct sales, distribution, delivery, or dispensing of cannabis and cannabis products to <br />the public.” <br /> <br />“Laboratories, Cannabis Testing Facilities” would be allowed in the Community Commercial <br />(CC), Industrial General (IG), Industrial General - Assembly Use (IG-AU), and Industrial Park <br />(IP) zoning districts with an approved Conditional Use Permit. These are the same zoning <br />districts where the City currently allows Medical Cannabis Dispensaries. Laboratories, <br />Cannabis Testing Facilities are not proposed to be subject to the same buffer or distance <br />requirements as a dispensary. Cannabis testing laboratories will be limited to performing <br />analytical testing and quality control of cannabis and cannabis products as a service and will <br />be prohibited from growing or selling cannabis. <br /> <br />“Industry, Cannabis Product Manufacturing. Manufacturing, processing, and packaging <br />of products derived from or infused with cannabis, including edibles, concentrates and <br />extracts for wholesale or retail trade to cannabis dispensaries or other cannabis <br />product distributors and manufacturers as allowed by state law. This definition does not <br />include the cloning, planting or cultivation of cannabis plants or the direct sales, <br />distribution, delivery, or dispensing of manufactured cannabis products to the public.” <br /> <br />“Industry, Cannabis Product Manufacturing” would be allowed in the Industrial General (IG), <br />Industrial General - Assembly Use (IG-AU), and Industrial Park (IP) zoning districts with a <br />Conditional Use Permit. With the exception of Community Commercial (CC) which is not an <br />industrial zone, the IG, IG-AU, and IP industrial zoning districts are the same the zones that <br />accommodate Medical Cannabis Dispensaries. Approved businesses that manufacture <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/13/2016