Chino Hills Municipal Code Ch. 5.28 Marijuana (CA)

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 305, § 3, adopted Dec. 13, 2016, amended former Ch. 5.28, §§ 5.28.010, 5.28.020, in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 5.28 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 275, § 3, 9-23-2014; Ord. No. 303u, § 3, 11-22-2016.

5.28.010 - Definitions.¶

"Commercial marijuana activity" means the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, labeling, transportation, delivery, or sale of marijuana and marijuana products.

"Cultivation" means any activity involving the planting, growing, cultivating, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming or processing of marijuana.

"Delivery" means the commercial transfer of marijuana or marijuana products to a customer. "Delivery" also includes the use by a retailer of any technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer, or independently licensed under this division, that enables customers to arrange for or facilitate the commercial transfer by a licensed retailer of marijuana or marijuana products.

"Marijuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It does not include:

A. Industrial hemp, as defined in Health & Safety Code Section 11018.5; or

B. The weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other product.

"Marijuana accessories" means any equipment, products or materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, smoking, vaporizing, or containing marijuana, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana or marijuana products into the human body.

"Marijuana cultivation facility" means an entity licensed to cultivate, prepare, and package marijuana and sell marijuana to retail marijuana stores, to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other marijuana cultivation facilities, but not to consumers.

"Marijuana establishment" means a marijuana cultivation facility, a marijuana testing facility, a marijuana product manufacturing facility, or a retail marijuana store.

"Marijuana product manufacturing facility" means an entity licensed to purchase marijuana; manufacture, prepare, and package marijuana products; and sell marijuana and marijuana products to other marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to retail marijuana stores, but not to consumers.

"Marijuana products" means marijuana that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product containing marijuana or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.

"Marijuana storage facility" means any entity or premises used for the storage of marijuana, marijuana products or marijuana accessories.

"Marijuana testing facility" means an entity licensed to analyze and certify the safety and potency of marijuana.

"Private residence" means a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or other similar habitable dwelling.

"Retail marijuana store" means any entity licensed to purchase marijuana from marijuana cultivation facilities and marijuana products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to sell marijuana and marijuana products to consumers; or any premises, whether licensed or unlicensed, where marijuana, marijuana products, or devices for the use of marijuana or marijuana products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers marijuana and marijuana products as part of a retail sale.