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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending Section 30-10 (Cannabis) to (1) Add Cannabis Retail Businesses as Conditionally Permitted Uses in the C-1, Neighborhood Business, and C-M, Commercial-Manufacturing Zoning Districts, (2) Amend Certain Portions of the Zoning Code to Enable Cannabis Retail Businesses to Dispense Non-medicinal or "Adult Use" Cannabis, and (3) Amend Certain Portions of the Zoning Code to Remove the Dispersion Requirement. (Economic Development)
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO.__________
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Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending Section 30-10 (Cannabis) to (1) Add Cannabis Retail Businesses as Conditionally Permitted Uses in the C-1, Neighborhood Business, and C-M, Commercial-Manufacturing Zoning Districts, (2) Amend Certain Portions of the Zoning Code to Enable Cannabis Retail Businesses to Dispense Non-medicinal or "Adult Use" Cannabis, and (3) Amend Certain Portions of the Zoning Code to Remove the Dispersion Requirement
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 light of the City's semi-annual report on cannabis in a manner that complies with State law enacted through the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), and any implementing regulations. Specifically, the amendments add provisions further 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...
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