Cannabis
Activities
City Council
November 1, 2022
Background
• City Council established Ad-Hoc Subcommittee
• December 21, 2021
• City Council Study Session
• February 15, 2022
• March 1, 2022
• Community Outreach
• Cannabis Community Forum - June 9, 2022
• Cannabis Conversation Workshop – October 15, 2022
• City Council Meeting
• July 5, 2022
• July 21, 2022
Community Outreach
• Cannabis Community Forum - June 9, 2022
• Cannabis Public Workshop - October 15, 2022
• Measure O: Taxation of Cannabis Businesses
• Operational Hours
• Buffer Restrictions
Land Use Policy Recommendations
1. Delete existing cannabis prohibition in the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance
2. Land Use and Buffer Restrictions
A. Retailers
i. 1000 ft. buffer distance from all schools (K-12), parks, licensed commercial day care centers, and youth centers;
ii. Measured from occupied premises of businesses to property line of sensitive uses;
iii. Exclude Downtown Specific Plan and Sunset Beach Specific Plan areas;
iv. Exclude Coastal Overlay Zone;
v. Delivery only retail permitted in Industrial zones; and vi. Retail permitted in multi-storefront buildings
Land Use Policy Recommendations
2. Land Use and Buffer Restrictions (Cont’d)
B. Non-Retailers
i. Allowed in Industrial Zones only
a. Exclude Specific Plan Industrial properties
ii. Buffer restrictions identical to Retailers
Buffer Restrictions Map
Next Steps
• Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) request to Planning Commission • November 22, 2022
• ZTA request to City Council
• December 20, 2022
• Continue Community Outreach
• Through early 2023
• Develop Operator Permit & Cannabis Signage Regulations • City Council Spring 2023
Next Steps
Staff Recommendation
• Draft Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) to the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance (HBZSO)
• Delete the existing cannabis prohibition
• Add language to allow cannabis activities consistent with the Council’s Ad Hoc Committee’s recommendations.
Questions?