Menifee Municipal Code Ch. 5.50 Cannabis Dispensaries Prohibited

CANNABIS. 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, but does not mean “industrial hemp” as defined by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 11018.5.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS. 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 and includes cannabis products intended for use on, or consumption by, an animal. CANNABIS PRODUCTS are not considered food, as defined by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 109935, a drug, as defined by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 109925, or a cosmetic, as defined by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 109900, nor are CANNABIS PRODUCTS considered medicinal cannabis products, defined in this code.

DISPENSARY. Any fixed facility or location in the city where cannabis and/or cannabis product is made available to or distributed by or distributed to any individual.

MEDICINAL CANNABIS or MEDICINAL CANNABIS PRODUCT. Pursuant to Cal. Business and Professions Code, or as it may be updated from time to time, MEDICINAL CANNABIS or MEDICINAL CANNABIS PRODUCT means cannabis or a cannabis product, respectively, intended to be sold or donated for use pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), found in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 11362.5, as that code may be updated from time to time, by a medicinal cannabis patient in California who possesses a physician's recommendation, or in compliance with any compassionate use, equity, or other similar program.

(Ord. 2011-93, passed 7-7-2011; Am. Ord. 2017-230, passed 12-20-2017; Am. Ord. 2025-417, passed 7-16-2025)

Cannabis dispensaries and medical cannabis dispensaries as defined in § 5.50.010 are prohibited within the city. No permit of any kind, including but not limited to a conditional use permit, a building permit or business license, shall be issued to any person or entity seeking to establish such a dispensary. Notwithstanding, this chapter shall in no way limit the right to possess, use or cultivate cannabis for medicinal or recreational purposes as authorized by the laws of the State of California as set forth in the Health and Safety Code, as those may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. 2011-93, passed 7-7-2011; Am. Ord. 2017-230, passed 12-20-2017; Am. Ord. 2025-417, passed 7-16-2025)