Salinas Municipal Code Div. 1 Generally

It is the purpose and intent of this article to:

(a) Promote the development of businesses in the commercial cannabis industry in a responsible manner while imposing regulations to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents, neighborhoods, and businesses of Salinas.

(b) Accommodate the needs of medically ill persons that require treatment with medicinal cannabis and medicinal cannabis products.

(c) Regulate the personal non-medicinal use and consumption of cannabis and cannabis products in a manner consistent with state law.

(d) Regulate cannabis activity in the City of Salinas concurrently with the State of California.

(Ord. No. 2600 (NCS), § 1, 11-29-2017)

Pursuant to Section 7 of Article XI of the California Constitution, the City of Salinas is authorized to adopt ordinances that establish standards, requirements, and regulations for local licenses and permits for commercial cannabis activity. Any standards, requirements, and regulations regarding health and safety, testing, security, and worker protections established by the State of California, or any of its departments or divisions, shall be the minimum standards applicable in the City of Salinas to commercial cannabis activity.

(Ord. No. 2600 (NCS), § 1, 11-29-2017)

(a) Unless otherwise specifically authorized in this article, the use, possession, planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, smoking, or vaporizing of cannabis or any cannabis product is prohibited and is a violation of this article.

(b) Subsection (a), above, shall not apply to activities that the State of California has explicitly stated are permitted activities that may not be curtailed by local law; however, activities authorized by the state that may be curtailed by local ordinance shall be deemed prohibited unless specifically authorized in this article.

(Ord. No. 2600 (NCS), § 1, 11-29-2017)

The provisions of this article are in addition to all other permits, licenses, and approvals otherwise required by the City of Salinas, the State of California, and any other state or local agency having jurisdiction on this matter.

(Ord. No. 2600 (NCS), § 1, 11-29-2017)