Skip to content
ChatProjectCodes

Chapter 37

§ 37-2. Definitions.

Oakdale Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Oakdale

  • (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 cannabis. "Cannabis" does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. "Cannabis" does not mean "industrial hemp" as defined by Section 11018.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

  • (b) CANNABIS BUSINESS — Means any business engaged in commercial cannabis activity. "Cannabis business" does not include any of the following:

    • (1) A clinic licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

    • (2) A residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.01 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

    • (3) A residential care facility for the elderly licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

    • (4) A residential hospice or a home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 and Chapter 8.5 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

    • (5) The cultivation, delivery, gift, or furnishing of cannabis by a qualified patient, a primary caregiver, or other person with an identification card as defined by Section 11362.7 of Health and Safety Code provided such activity complies strictly with all applicable state law, including but not limited to, Sections 11362.5 and 11362.765 of the Health and Safety Code.

  • (c) CANNABIS CULTIVATION BUSINESS — Means any cannabis business that, pursuant to a Type 1, Type 1A, Type 1B, Type 1C, Type 2, Type 2A, Type 2B, Type 3, Type 3A, Type 3B, Type 4, Type 5, Type 5A, Type 5B, or Type 12 state cannabis license, cultivates cannabis or cannabis products.

  • (d) CANNABIS DELIVERY BUSINESS — Means any cannabis business that, pursuant to a Type 10 state cannabis license, delivers, makes available, or distributes cannabis and cannabis products to a consumer.

  • (e) CANNABIS DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS — Means any cannabis business that, pursuant to a state cannabis license, procures, sells, or transports cannabis and cannabis products between cannabis businesses.

Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/OA4108 on 2026-07-07

City of Oakdale, CA § 37-2

CANNABIS REGULATIONS

§ 37-2

  • (f) CANNABIS FOR PERSONAL USE — Means the use or possession of cannabis that does not require a license pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 10 of the Business and Professions Code.

  • (g) CANNABIS MANUFACTURING BUSINESS — Means any cannabis business that, pursuant to a Type 6, Type 7, or Type 12 state cannabis licenses manufactures cannabis or cannabis products.

  • (h) CANNABIS PRODUCT — 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.

  • (i) CANNABIS TESTING LABORATORY — Means a cannabis business that tests cannabis or cannabis products pursuant to a Type 8 state cannabis license.

  • (j) COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY — Includes the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery, or sale of cannabis or cannabis products that requires a state license.

  • (k) COMMERCIAL CANNABIS WASTE — Means cannabis plants and plant materials that are discarded by a cannabis business, including but not limited to extra vegetative plants, failed clones, and harvest waste.

  • (l) CULTIVATION — Means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.

  • (m) CULTIVATION SITE — Means the location where cannabis is planted, grown, harvested, dried, cured, graded, or trimmed, or a location where any combination of those activities occur.

  • (n) DAY CARE — Means a facility, center, or home requiring a license that is issued by the State of California which provides for the care, health, safety, supervision, or guidance of a child's social, emotional, and educational growth on a regular basis, in a place other than the child's own home, or any facility meeting the definition of Section1596.76 of the Health and Safety Code.

  • (o) DISPENSARY— Means any cannabis business where medicinal or adult-use cannabis or cannabis products are sold at retail to customers, pursuant to a Type 10 state cannabis license.

  • (p) GROUP HOME — Means any community care facility regulated and licensed by a Federal or State agency. Unlicensed community care facilities or those community care facilities the regulation of which is not otherwise preempted by State or Federal law shall not constitute group homes.

  • (q) INDOOR CULTIVATION — Means the cultivation of cannabis for personal use within a fully enclosed and secure structure that has a complete roof in which cannabis plants cannot be seen from any public right-of-way. Indoor cultivation does not include any commercial cannabis activity.

  • (r) MANUFACTURE — Means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a cannabis product.

  • (s) OUTDOOR CULTIVATION — Means the cultivation of cannabis that does not meet the definition of indoor cultivation.

  • (t) PRIVATE RESIDENCE — Means a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or other similar dwelling.

  • (u) PRIMARY CAREGIVER — Has the same meaning as that term is defined by Section 11362.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/OA4108 on 2026-07-07

City of Oakdale, CA § 37-2

OAKDALE CITY CODE

§ 37-3

  • (v) QUALIFIED PATIENT — Has the same meaning as that term is defined by Section 11362.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

  • (w) YOUTH CENTER — Means any public or private facility that is primarily used to host recreational or social activities for minors, including, but not limited to, private youth membership organizations or clubs, social service teenage club facilities, video arcades, or similar amusement park facilities. [Ord. No. 1251-17; Ord. No. 1255-18 § 1.]

Get a plain-English answer with a citation back to this text.

Ask AI about this code
Export this section
▸Contents — Oakdale Municipal Code
Oakdale Municipal Code
  1. Chapter 1
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3
  4. Article IV — Fees and Charges.
  5. Chapter 4
  6. Article I — In General
  7. Article II — Dogs
  8. Article III
  9. Article IV — Permissible Household Pets, Etc.
  10. Article V — Abatement of Vicious Dogs
  11. Chapter 6
  12. Chapter 7
  13. Article I — Administration — General
  14. Article XIII — System Development Charges
  15. Article I
  16. Article II
  17. Article III
  18. Article 300.21 — (a) is added to read as follows:
  19. Article IV
  20. Article V
  21. Article VI — California Energy Code [Ord. No. 1243-16; amended…
  22. Article VII
  23. Article VIII
  24. Article IX
  25. Article X
  26. Article XI
  27. Chapter 8 — Referenced Standards is amended as follows:
  28. Article XII — Small Residential Rooftop Solar Energy System Pe…
  29. Article XIII
  30. Article XIV — Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permitting Str…
  31. Chapter 8
  32. Chapter 9
  33. Chapter 10
  34. Chapter 11
  35. Article II — Transactions and use tax.[3 ]
  36. Article III — Transient Occupancy Tax.[5 ]
  37. Article IV — Documentary Stamp Tax.[6 ]
  38. Article V — Financial Plan
  39. Article VI — City Treasurer Investments
  40. Article VII — Cannabis Business Tax [Added 12-10-2018 by Ord. …
  41. Article VIII — Parking and Business Improvement Area [Adopted …
  42. Article X — Crane Crossing Specific Plan - Plan Area Fee Progr…
  43. Chapter 12
  44. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION PERMITS
  45. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  46. Chapter 5 — FIRE SERVICE FEATURES FIRE APPARATUS ROADS
  47. Chapter 5
  48. Chapter 5
  49. Chapter 5
  50. Chapter 6
  51. Chapter 6
  52. Chapter 11
  53. Chapter 24 — FLAMABLE FINISHES
  54. Chapter 35
  55. Chapter 41
  56. Chapter 50 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS GENERAL PROVISIONS
  57. Chapter 55
  58. Chapter 56
  59. Chapter 57
  60. Chapter 61
  61. Chapter 13
  62. Chapter 14
  63. Article VI — Disposal of Pharmaceutical Controlled Substances
  64. Article I — Waitresses and Entertainers
  65. Article II — Smoking at Council Meetings
  66. Article III — Smoking Pollution Control
  67. Article V — Waste Containers.
  68. Article VI — Disposal of Pharmaceutical Controlled Substances
  69. Chapter 15
  70. Chapter 16
  71. Chapter 17
  72. Chapter 18
  73. Article II — Abandoned, Wrecked, etc., Vehicles
  74. Article III — Railroad Crossing Permits
  75. Article IV
  76. Article V — Paid Parking Zones and Parking Permits[1 ]
  77. Article VI — Privately Owned and Maintained Roads and Parking …
  78. Article VII — Police Towing Services
  79. Article VIII — Traffic Rules
  80. Article X — Turning Movements
  81. Article XI — One-Way Alleys
  82. Article XII — Right-of-Way
  83. Article XIII — Public Offenses
  84. Article XIV — General Penalty
  85. Chapter 18A
  86. Chapter 19
  87. Article I — Offenses – Miscellaneous
  88. Article II — Graffiti[3 ]
  89. Article III
  90. Article IV — Coasting Devices
  91. Article V — Administrative Citation Process
  92. Article VI — Administrative Remedies
  93. Article VII
  94. Article VIII — Oakdale Massage Establishment Regulations
  95. Article X
  96. Article XI
  97. Article XII
  98. Article XIII
  99. Article XIV — Squatter Camps
  100. Article XV
  101. Article XVI — Noise Control [Added 5-6-2019 by Ord. No. 1263]
  102. Chapter 20
  103. Article III — Parks
  104. Article IV — Special Events
  105. Article V — Senior Citizens Commission
  106. Article VI — Drug Free Zones
  107. Chapter 21
  108. Chapter 22
  109. Article II — Police Relief and Pension Fund
  110. Chapter 23
  111. Chapter 24
  112. Chapter 25 — PURCHASES
  113. Chapter 26
  114. Article II — Collection and Disposal
  115. Article IV — Defacing Public and Private Property
  116. Article V — Legislative Recycling Mandates
  117. Chapter 28
  118. Article I — General Provisions
  119. Article II — Fees and Charges
  120. Article III — Sewer Mains and Sewer Laterals
  121. Article IV — Industrial Users
  122. Article V — Industrial Users' Discharge Permits
  123. Article VI — Enforcement
  124. Chapter 29
  125. Chapter 30
  126. Article II
  127. Article III — Trenching
  128. Article IV — Numbering of Streets
  129. Article V — Maintenance Districts
  130. Chapter 31
  131. Article II — Definitions and Responsibilities
  132. Article IV — Tentative Subdivision Maps
  133. Article V — Final Subdivision Maps
  134. Article VII — Vesting Tentative Maps for Residential Subdivisi…
  135. Article VIII — Dedications. Reservations, and Development Fees
  136. Article XI — Reversions to Acreage
  137. Article XII
  138. Article XIII — Correction and Amendment of Maps.
  139. Article XIV — Enforcement.
  140. Chapter 31A
  141. Chapter 32
  142. Chapter 33
  143. Article II — Disposition of Surplus Property
  144. Article III — Purchase by City Employees of Unclaimed or Surpl…
  145. Chapter 34
  146. Chapter 35
  147. Article II — Mains, Laterals and Hydrants
  148. Article III — Fees and Charges
  149. Article VII — Backflow and Cross-Connection Control
  150. Chapter 36
  151. Part I — General Provisions.
  152. Part II — Specific Plan Preparation Process.
  153. Part I — General Provisions
  154. ▸Chapter 37
    Overview
    1. § 37-1. Legislative intent. [Ord. No. 1251-17.]
    2. § 37-2. Definitions.
    3. § 37-3. State and local requirements.
  155. Article II
  156. Article III — Regulations for Cannabis Businesses
  157. Article IV — Appeals and Enforcement
  158. Chapter DL

GoCodebook provides public access, search, citation, multilingual explanation, and practical interpretation of legally adopted building regulations. It is not a substitute for the official ICC or California code publications.