Stanton Municipal Code Ch. 9.38 Medicinal Marijuana Dispensaries Prohibited

A. No person shall establish, operate, or permit to be operated, a medicinal marijuana dispensary in or upon any premises in the city, nor operate such a dispensary as a mobile vendor. It is a violation for any person to knowingly allow property of which he or she is the tenant or owner to be used as a medicinal marijuana dispensary.

B. No medicinal marijuana dispensary shall be established or located or operated within the city, nor shall any building permit, conditional use permit, development plan, zoning clearance, or other entitlement for use be issued for any medicinal marijuana dispensary, nor shall any existing uses be modified to add a medicinal marijuana dispensary.

(Ord. 953 § 3, 2008)

For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, the following definitions apply.

"Marijuana"

means all parts of organically grown Cannabis plants, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seed, or its resin. "Marijuana" does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of the plant, or any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.

"Medicinal marijuana"

means marijuana authorized in strict compliance with California Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.5 through 11362.9.

"Medical marijuana dispensary," "medicinal marijuana dispensary," "dispensary," and "medical/medicinal marijuana clinic"

means any facility, site, cooperative, location, use, or mobile vending vehicle where medicinal marijuana is cultivated, distributed, sold, exchanged, given away, or made available for medical purposes in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5. It shall not include any qualified residents or patients within any of the health facilities, as long as the location of such uses is otherwise regulated by this code or other applicable laws, as follows: a clinic licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division (Sections 1200 et seq.) of the Health and Safety Code; a health care facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 2 (Sections 1250 et seq.) of the Health and Safety Code; a residential care facility for the elderly licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 (Sections 1569 et seq.) of the Health and Safety Code; and a hospice licensed pursuant to Chapter 8.5 of Division 2 (Sections 1745 et seq.) of the Health and Safety Code.

(Ord. 953 § 3, 2008)