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CANNABIS RETAIL STOREFRONT AND NON-STOREFRONT REGULATIONS - INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION
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DEPARTMENT: ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT/PLANNING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: SCOTT DRAPKIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: SCOTT DRAPKIN, (714) 754-5278; scott.drapkin@costamesaca.gov
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends that the Planning Commission:
Receive an informational presentation from staff, take public comment, and continue the item to the March 14, 2022 Planning Commission meeting.
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APPLICANT OR AUTHORIZED AGENT:
City of Costa Mesa.
BACKGROUND:
In 1996, California became the first state to allow medicinal cannabis use when voters passed the Compassionate Use Act. In November 2016, Costa Mesa voters approved Measure X, which allows for cannabis distribution businesses, manufacturing businesses, research and development laboratories, and testing laboratories in the City. The uses allowed by Measure X were intended to provide cannabis products, resources and services relating to the State's approved medicinal cannabis industry. Measure X uses are now permitted specifically in the City's Industrial Park (MP) and Planned Development Industrial (PDI) zoning districts that are located north of South Coast Drive and west of Harbor Boulevard (excluding the South Coast Collection property located at 3303 Hyland Avenue). This area is also known as the City's "Green Zone." Measure X uses are regulated pursuant to Titles 9 and 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code (CMMC) and various State laws.
In 2018, non-medical adult use cannabis became legal in California under the State's Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (Proposition 64). On April 3, 2018, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 18-04 that allowed adult use cannabis products to be manufactured, distributed, transported, tested, and developed in the same manner and within the same area as medical cannabis products pursuant to Me...
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