6-429 - Limited child-care activity.

"Limited child-care activity" means the provision of day-care service for six or fewer children, provided, however, that care for four or more children be provided only in facilities licensed by a state or county agency.

(Ord. No. 697, § 3(Exh. A), 7-28-2025)

For purposes of this code, the following definitions shall apply.

(a)

"Cannabis" means all parts of the plant cannabis sativa linnaeus, cannabis indica, or cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. "Cannabis" also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from marijuana. "Cannabis" also includes marijuana as defined by Section 11018 of the Health and Safety Code. Cannabis includes "cannabis" as defined in Business and Professions Code, Section 26001, as may be amended from time to time.

(b)

"Cannabis cultivation" means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.

(c)

"Cannabis delivery" means the commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer. "Delivery" also includes the use by a cannabis retailer of any technology platform that enables customers to arrange for or facilitate the commercial transfer by a licensed retailer of cannabis or cannabis products.

(d)

"Cannabis distribution" means the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products.

(e)

"Cannabis manufacture" means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a cannabis product. Cannabis manufacture includes the production, preparation, propagation, or compounding of manufactured cannabis, or cannabis products either directly or indirectly or by extraction methods, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis at a fixed location that packages or repackages medical cannabis or cannabis products or labels or relabels its container.

(f)

"Cannabis products" means cannabis 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 cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients. Cannabis products includes "cannabis products" as defined in Business and Professions Code, Section 26001, as may be amended from time to time.

(g)

"Cannabis retailer" means a facility where cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers cannabis and cannabis products as part of a retail sale. For purposes of this code, cannabis retailer includes medical cannabis dispensaries, patient collectives and cooperatives operating, or proposing to operate, pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act and Health and Safety Code Section 11362.775.

(h)

"Cannabis testing laboratory" means a facility, entity, or site in the state that offers or performs tests of cannabis or cannabis products and that is both of the following:

(1)

Accredited by an accrediting body that is independent from all other persons involved in the commercial cannabis activity in the state; and

(2)

Licensed by the bureau of cannabis control.

(i)

"Commercial cannabis uses" includes all cannabis cultivation, cannabis manufacture, cannabis distribution, cannabis testing laboratories, cannabis retailers, cannabis delivery, and sale of cannabis and/or cannabis products, whether intended for medical or adult-use, and whether or not such activities are carried out for profit. Commercial cannabis uses includes "commercial cannabis activity" as defined in Business and Professions Code, Section 26001, as may be amended from time to time, and includes any activity that requires a license from a state licensing authority pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, Business and Professions Code, Section 26000 et seq., as may be amended from time to time. Commercial cannabis activity does not include possession or cultivation of cannabis for personal use that is not sold and in strict accordance with Health and Safety Code, Section 11362.1 et seq.

(j)

"Digital currency" means a digital representation of value that can be digitally traded and is used to facilitate the sale, purchase, and exchange of goods, services, or other digital representations of value. Sometimes referred to as virtual currency.

(k)

"Electronic payment method" means any kind of non-cash payment method, including, but not limited to, credit cards, debit cards, electronic funds transfers, automated clearing house (ACH) networks or digital currency.

(l)

"Indoor" means any location that is totally contained within a fully enclosed and secure private residence or building.

(m)

"Outdoor" means any location that is not totally contained within a fully enclosed and secure accessory building or primary residence.

(n)

"Private residence" means a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or other similar dwelling occupied for residential purposes.

(o)

"Secure" means in a locked area or room, safe, or vault, and in a manner reasonably designed to prevent loss, and access or theft, particularly by persons under the age of 21 years.

(Ord. No. 697, § 3(Exh. A), 7-28-2025)