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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Repealing Section 30-5.15 (Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Cultivation) in its Entirety and Adding a New Section 30-10 (Cannabis). (City Manager 1010)
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO.__________
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AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING SECTION 30-5.15 (MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND CULTIVATION) IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 30-10 (CANNABIS)
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda:
Findings.
In enacting this Section, the City Council finds as follows:
1. The amendment maintains the integrity of the General Plan.
The proposed Zoning text amendments update the City's cannabis regulations in compliance with recent changes to State law enacted through the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) and Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA). Specifically, the amendments repeal the prohibition of non-medical adult use of cannabis and add provisions governing personal use of cannabis and regulating cannabis businesses in the city. The proposed amendments to regulate cannabis activity are necessary to ensure a balance between the rights of cannabis businesses, providers, and users with the obligations of the City under the General Plan to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare of the community through land use regulations and processes. Furthermore, the proposed amendments establish new land use regulations for cannabis businesses, a new industry that would support an overarching General Plan goal to provide adequate businesses and services to Alameda residents. For these reasons, the proposed amendments maintain the integrity of the General Plan.
2. The amendment will support the general welfare of the community.
The primary purpose and intent of the proposed Zoning text amendments is to regulate cannabis activities in a manner that protects the public health, safety and welfare of the com...
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