Article 7 — Cannabis Uses

In addition to the purposes listed in TMC 9-1-103, and elsewhere in each of the base district regulations, the purpose of the cannabis use regulations are to:

• (a) Establish suitable environments compatible with each of the distinct cannabis businesses;

• (b) Strengthen the City's economic base, and provide employment opportunities close to home for residents of the City and surrounding communities; and

(c) Minimize the impact of cannabis businesses on adjacent property uses. (1259-CS, Added, 09/12/2019)

A cannabis business, as defined in TMC 9-1-202, shall only be allowed to operate through the issuance and maintenance of a conditional use permit ("CUP"), and development agreement with the City.

(1259-CS, Added, 09/12/2019)

• (a) Except for in the downtown overlay district (defined in the Turlock downtown design guidelines and zoning regulations document and Chapter 9-4 TMC), or in the Westside Industrial Specific Plan (defined in TMC 9-2-705), cannabis businesses may only be conditionally permitted in the specified zoning districts:

(1) Cultivation.

  - (i) Heavy commercial/light industrial district (C-H); 

  - (ii) General industrial district (I). 

• (2) Distribution.

  • (i) Heavy commercial/light industrial district (C-H);

  • (ii) General industrial district (I).

• (3) Manufacturing.

  • (i) Heavy commercial/light industrial district (C-H);

  • (ii) General industrial district (I).

• (4) Retail cannabis sales.

  • (i) Community commercial district (C-C);

  • (ii) Heavy commercial/light industrial district (C-H);

  • (iii) Commercial thoroughfare district (C-T).

• (5) Cannabis testing laboratories.

  • (i) Commercial office district (C-O);

  • (ii) Community commercial district (C-C);

  • (iii) Heavy commercial/light industrial district (C-H);

  • (iv) General industrial district (I).

• (b) If any parcel is subject to dual zoning, as defined in TMC 9-1-202, the most restrictive zoning designation shall determine the authorized cannabis business use on that parcel.

• (c) If any parcel is subject to split zoning, as defined in TMC 9-1-202, the zoning designation of the majority of the parcel shall determine the authorized cannabis business use of that parcel.

• (1259-CS, Added, 09/12/2019; 1275-CS, Amended, 02/12/2020)

Downtown overlay district regulations apply specifically to the downtown area as defined in the Turlock downtown design guidelines and zoning regulations document and Chapter 9-4 TMC.

• (a) The following cannabis businesses shall be prohibited in the downtown overlay district:

  • (1) Cultivation;

  • (2) Distribution;

  • (3) Manufacturing;

  • (4) Cannabis testing laboratories.

• (b) Retail cannabis sales businesses shall be conditionally permitted within the following zoning districts of the downtown overlay district:

  • (1) Downtown core district (DC);

  • (2) Downtown core transition district (DCT);

  • (3) Transitional commercial district (TC).

• (c) Retail cannabis sales businesses shall be prohibited in all other zoning districts within the downtown overlay district.

(1259-CS, Added, 09/12/2019)

• (a) Cannabis businesses shall be prohibited in the Westside Industrial Specific Plan ("WISP"), except in the region provided below:

  • (1) As depicted in the map below, certain cannabis businesses may be conditionally permitted in a region with boundaries along: City limits on the west and the south, Highway 99 to the east, the Union Pacific Railroad to the north, then southward along Tegner Road, and westward along Ruble Road to the western City limit, and the area bound by Highway 99 to the west, Tully Road to the east, and West Main Street to the south, hereinafter "WISP cannabis overlay."

  • (2)

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• (b) Cultivation, distribution, manufacturing, and testing laboratory cannabis businesses may be conditionally permitted in the general industrial zoning districts (I) of the WISP cannabis overlay defined in subsection (a) of this section.

• (c) Retail cannabis sales may be conditionally permitted in the community commercial zoning district (C-C) of the WISP cannabis overlay defined in subsection (a) of this section.

• (1259-CS, Added, 09/12/2019; 1275-CS, Amended, 02/12/2020)