Chapter 17.148 — CANNABIS DEFINITIONS

The purpose of this chapter is to provide definitions for unique terms used throughout this title that relate to cannabis. (Ord. No. 1000 § 4, 2022)

"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" includes cannabis that is used for medical, non-medical, or other purposes. "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" also does not include industrial hemp, as defined in California Health and Safety Code § 11018.5 .

"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.

"Commercial cannabis activity" means the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of cannabis and cannabis product for medical, nonmedical, or any other purpose and includes the activities of any business licensed by the state or other government entity under Division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, or any provision of state law that regulates the licensing of cannabis businesses. Commercial cannabis activity does not include the cultivation, possession, storage, manufacturing, or transportation of cannabis by a qualified patient for his or her personal medical use so long as the qualified patient does not provide, donate, sell or distribute cannabis to any other person. Commercial cannabis activity also does not include the cultivation, possession, storage, manufacturing, transportation, donation or provision of cannabis by a primary caregiver, exclusively for the personal medical purposes of no more than five specified qualified patients for whom he or she is the primary caregiver, but who does not receive remuneration for these activities except for compensation in full compliance with California Health and Safety Code § 11362.765 . Commercial cannabis activity also does not include the possession, storing, delivery or sale of cannabis by a non-storefront medical cannabis retailer as defined in section 5.20.020 of chapter 5.20 of this code.

"Commercial cannabis use" means the use of any property for commercial cannabis activity.

"Compassionate Use Act" means the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), codified as California Health and Safety Code § 11362.5 .

"Concentrated cannabis" means manufactured cannabis that has undergone a process to concentrate one or more active cannabinoids, thereby increasing the product's potency. Resin from granular trichomes from a cannabis plant is a concentrate.

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

"Delivery" means the commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer. "Delivery" also includes the use by a retailer of any technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer.

"Distribution" means the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between entities licensed under Division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, as the same may be amended from time to time.

"Fully enclosed and secure structure" means a space within a building, greenhouse or other structure which has a complete roof enclosure supported by connecting walls extending from the ground to the roof, which is secure against unauthorized entry, provides complete visual screening, and which is accessible only through one or more lockable doors and inaccessible to minors.

"Indoor" means within a fully enclosed and secure structure.

"Manufacture" means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a cannabis product.

"MAUCRSA" means the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act as codified in Division 10 of the Business and Professions Code, as the same may be amended from time to time.

"Medical Marijuana Program" means California Health and Safety Code §§ 11362.7 through 11362.83 , as such statutes may be amended from time to time.

"Non-storefront medical cannabis retail" has the meaning set forth in section 5.20.020 of chapter 5.20 of this code.

"Outdoors" means any location that is not within a fully enclosed and secure structure.

"Person" means any natural person, firm, corporation, association, club, society, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, collective, cooperative, coop, non-profit, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other organization, group or entity or combination of organizations or entities of any kind whatsoever, however formed, as well as trustees, heirs, executors, administrators, and/or assigns, and shall also include any owner, operator, manager, proprietor, employee, agent, officer, volunteer, salesperson, trustees, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns. The term "person" shall also include all persons who have an ownership or leasehold interest in any real property, premises and/or structures in which commercial cannabis activity is occurring.

"Primary caregiver" shall have the same meaning as is defined in California Health and Safety Code § 11362.7(d) , as the same may be amended from time to time.

"Private residence" means a house, an apartment unit, condominium, or other similar dwelling that is lawfully used as a residence.

"Qualified patient" means a person who is entitled to the protections of California Health and Safety Code § 11362.5 , as the same may be amended from time to time, but who does not have an identification card. (Ord. No. 1000 § 4, 2022; Ord. No. 1022, 12/20/2023