ATTACHMENT
Current Text of Section 18.67.030
of the Marysville Municipal Code
Chapter 18.67 — Commercial Cannabis Activity
Provided for reference in connection with the proposed Ordinance amending Section
18.67.030(a)(2) of the Marysville Municipal Code for consistency with the Marysville 2050 General Plan and the Downtown Marysville Specific Plan.
Source: Marysville Municipal Code, eCode360
(https://ecode360.com/MA4528)
Current through Ord. 1463, adopted October 7, 2025
CHAPTER 18.67
COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY
§ 18.67.030. Conditionally permitted use.
(a) Commercial cannabis businesses shall be conditionally permitted on appropriately zoned lots/locations within the city so long as:
(1) Such lot/location is not within six hundred feet of any public or private school for grades kindergarten through twelfth, any preschool or licensed childcare facility, or any youth center as defined in this chapter.
(2) Such lot/location is not within five hundred feet of any residential use, residential area or residential zone. [Subsection proposed to be amended by the attached Ordinance.]
(3) Such lot is not within four hundred feet of any library. (4) Such lot is not within two hundred fifty feet of any adult business which sells or provides in any manner drug paraphernalia.
(b) Notwithstanding the buffer zones established in subsection (a) of this section, the city council and/or the city planning commission shall have the authority, pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 26054(b), to adjust the distances of the buffer zones at their discretion. (c) Upon denial of a commercial cannabis permit based on any of the limitations set forth in this section, the applicant may appeal such denial to the planning commission, which may grant an exception to the limitations set forth in this section upon findings that the intent of this chapter shall otherwise be met. No such exception shall be granted, however, for the distance limitations from those uses listed in subsection (a)(1) of this section. The decision of the planning commission may be appealed to the city council which shall make the final determination. (d) Businesses engaged in commercial cannabis activity, as defined, except medical cannabis retail businesses, shall be conditionally permitted on appropriately zoned lots/locations within the city without regard to the distance separation requirements in subsection (a) of this section, except that any business permitted to process cannabis by means of volatile compounds (for which a Type 7 state permit has been issued) must be on a lot/location that is at least six hundred feet from any public or private school for grades kindergarten through twelfth, any preschool or licensed child care facility.
(e) All persons, entities or organizations wishing to establish a business engaged in commercial cannabis activity within the city must apply for and be granted a conditional use permit for said use, together with a business license pursuant to the provisions of this code and, if the business is a cannabis retail business, a cannabis retail business license as required under Chapter 5.10. (f) Subject to the further requirements of this chapter and Chapter 5.10, and in compliance with Division 10, commencing at Section 26000, of the Business and Professions Code, the following state license classification types will be allowed to operate within the city of Marysville, provided all required city permits/licenses/approvals have first been obtained:
(1) Type 1A—Cultivation, specialty indoor, small.
(2) Type 1B—Cultivation, specialty mixed-light, small.
(3) Type 1C—Cultivation, specialty cottage (indoor only), small. (4) Type 2A—Cultivation, indoor, small.
(5) Type 2B—Cultivation, mixed-light, small.
(6) Type 3A—Cultivation, indoor, medium.
(7) Type 3B—Cultivation, mixed-light, medium.
(8) Type 4—Nursery.
(9) Type 5A—Cultivation, indoor, large.
(10) Type 5B—Cultivation, mixed-light, large.
(11) Type 6—Manufacture 1.
(12) Type 7—Manufacture 2.
(13) Type 8—Testing laboratory.
(14) Type 10—Retailer (only with M-license).
(15) Type 11—Distributor.
(16) Type 12—Microbusiness (only with M-license).
(g) A business engaged in commercial cannabis activity, as defined, shall not be established, operated, enlarged or transferred except as allowed by and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The conduct of such establishment and the use of premises shall otherwise comply with the zoning regulations of the city and all other applicable regulations. (h) In addition to the information required by the city of Marysville for any potential use permit application or any potential business license application, persons/entities making such application(s) for the establishment of a business engaged in commercial cannabis activity shall also provide the following information with the application(s):
(1) Application must be signed by the owner, lessee or agent who is applying for the use permit or business license and the owner, lessee or agent shall specifically identify the individuals who will be conducting the business engaged in commercial cannabis activity for the premises for which the permit or license is sought. In the case of a lessee of a property applying for a permit pursuant to this chapter, the property owner shall acknowledge on the application consent to the application for a conditional use permit for conducting commercial cannabis activity.
(2) The application shall list the legal form of the applicant; e.g., individual, partnership, corporation.
(A) If the applicant is an individual, the application shall list his or her legal name, any aliases and date of birth;
(B) If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall list the full and complete name of the partnership, the legal names and addresses of all partners, dates of birth, and all aliases used by all of the general partners, and whether the partnership is general or limited; and
(C) If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall list the full and complete corporate name, the date and status of its incorporation, evidence that the corporation is in good standing, the legal names and dates of birth, and all aliases used, and the capacity of all officers, directors and principal stockholders (i.e., all stockholders with ten percent or more of all outstanding shares), and the name and address of the registered officer for service of process.
(3) The application must list whether, preceding the date of the application, the applicant or any of the individuals listed pursuant to subsection (h)(2) of this section has:
(A) Other licenses and/or permits issued to and/or revoked from the applicant, in the three years prior to the year of the permit application, such other license and/or permit relating to similar business activities as in the permit application. If the application lists such other licenses and/or permits, the list shall include the type, current status, and issuing agency for each license/permit;
(B) Been a partner in a partnership or an officer, director or principal stockholder of a corporation which has had any other licenses and/or permits, relating to similar business activities as in the permit application, issued to and/or revoked in the three years prior to the year of the permit application. The type, current status, and issuing agency for each previously issued or revoked license and/or permit shall be listed on the application; (C) Been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere to a felony or any offense involving gambling, narcotics, use of force or violence, theft, embezzlement or any other offense involving moral turpitude.
(Ord. 1404 § 7 (part), 2018; Ord. 1412 § 2, 2019; Ord. 1420 (part), 2019) Related Section
§ 18.67.070. Measure of distance.
All required minimum distances set forth in Section 18.67.030 shall be measured from the nearest property line of one designated location to the nearest property line of the other designated location along a straight line extended between the two points without regard to intervening structures.
(Ord. 1404 § 7 (part), 2018; Ord. 1420 (part), 2019)