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Introduction of an Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending Various Provisions of Article XVI (Cannabis Businesses) of Chapter VI (Businesses, Occupations and Industry), Including but not Limited to (a) Modify the Definition of "Youth Centers" as a Sensitive Use, Including Specifically Excluding Certain Uses (Martial Arts/Combat Sports, Cultural or Similar Education, and Physical Fitness); (b) Modify the Definition of "Cannabis Business Owner" to Conform with State Law; and (c) Make Any Other Conforming Amendments. (Community Development 481007)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On November 7, 2018, the City Council adopted an ordinance amending the City's Cannabis Ordinances (Regulatory and Land Use), including increasing the number of retail dispensaries, permitting the sale of cannabis for adult use at those dispensaries, adopting a two-tier buffer system for sensitive uses, and making various other amendments, in addition to clean-up revisions. That Ordinance will be effective on December 7, 2018.
This report recommends an additional amendment to the City's Cannabis Regulatory Ordinance, modifying the definition of "Youth Centers," a sensitive use specified in the Ordinance, to exclude certain uses, including martial arts/combat sports, cultural or similar education, and physical fitness activities, and to make other revisions to the scope of the definition.
Additionally, staff is recommending modifying the definition of Cannabis Business Owner to ensure that it will always track state law, in light of amendments to the regulations by the Bureau of Cannabis Control.
BACKGROUND
The City Council adopted its first regulatory and land use ordinances governing cannabis businesses in the fall of 2017. Pursuant to those ordinances, City staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for persons interested in operating a variety of cannabis businesses...
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