5.58 of Title 5 of the Perris Municipal Code.

Marijuana has the same definition as provided for in Bus. & Prof. Code § 19300.5(f) for the term "cannabis," and as may be amended, defined as "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 means marijuana as defined by Section 11018 of the Health and Safety Code as enacted by Chapter 1407 of the Statutes of 1972. '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. For the purpose of this chapter, 'cannabis' does not mean 'industrial hemp' as defined by Section 81000 of the Food and Agricultural Code or Section 11018.5 of the Health and Safety Code."

Medical marijuana means marijuana used for medical purposes in accordance with the Compassionate Use Act (Health and Safety Code section 11362.5), the Medical Marijuana Program Act (Health and Safety Code sections 11362.7 et seq.), and the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act of 2015.

Medical marijuana dispensary includes any facility or location where marijuana is made available, sold, transmitted, distributed, given or otherwise provided by or to one or more of the following: a primary caregiver, a qualified patient or a person with an identification card (and includes the term "dispensary" as provided for in Bus. & Prof. Code § 19300.5(n), and as may be amended, defined as "a facility where medical cannabis, medical cannabis products, or devices for the use of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers, pursuant to express authorization by local ordinance, medical cannabis and medical cannabis products as part of a retail sale.").

Person means any natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, club, or any association or combination of natural persons, whether acting by themselves or through any servant, agent or employee.

Proceeds means total revenue and/or money received through the sale of goods and/or services before any deductions or allowances (e.g., rent, cost of goods sold, taxes).

Space utilized as cultivation area shall mean any space or ground, floor or other surface area (whether horizontal or vertical) which is used during the marijuana germination, seedling, vegetative, pre-flowering, flowering and harvesting phases, including without limitation any space used for activities such as growing, planting, seeding, germinating, lighting, warming, cooling, aerating, fertilizing, watering, irrigating, topping, pinching, cropping, curing or drying marijuana or any such space used for storing any products, supplies or equipment related to any such activities, no matter where such storage may take place or such storage space may be located.

Term means a calendar month in regards to the monthly taxation of proceeds from medical marijuana dispensaries, and means the fiscal year in regards to the annual taxation of the space utilized as cultivation area for medical marijuana cultivation.

(Ord. No. 1329, § 1, 11-8-2016; Ord. No. 1359, § 1, 11-6-2018)