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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
L.1 PUBLIC HEARING FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AMENDING TITLE 6 BUSINESSES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES, TITLE 10, CHAPTER 2, ZONING AND LAND USE AND TITLE 10, CHAPTER 5 COASTAL LAND USE PLAN
IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO CANNABIS REGULATIONS, ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY’S COASTAL LAND USE PLAN, AND
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTIONS
FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FOR THE
AMENDMENTS
PROCEDURES:
1. Open the public hearing, take testimony and deliberate;
2. Close the public hearing; and
3. Introduce the following three ordinances and adopt the following resolution:
INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. 3287-25, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 6 TO TITLE 6 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL
CANNABIS BUSINESSES
INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. 3288-25, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 2 SECTION 10-2.1626 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES INLAND ZONES OF THE CITY INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. 3289-25, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 5 SECTION 10-5.1626 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES IN COASTAL ZONES OF THE CITY
ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2502-004, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING
CERTIFICATION BY THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE COASTAL LAND USE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ORDINANCE (TITLE 10, CHAPTER 5
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE) CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE CARRIED OUT IF A MANNER FULLY IN CONFORMITY WITH THE COASTAL ACT; AND PROVIDING THAT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
WILL TAKE EFFECT AUTOMATICALLY UPON COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVAL PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 30514 AND TITLE 14, SECTION 13551 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
CONTACT: ELIZABETH HAUSE, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR
• ATTACHMENT TO RESOLUTION NO. CC-2502-004
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RESOLUTION NO. CC-XXXX-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING
CERTIFICATION BY THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL
COMMISSION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE COASTAL LAND
USE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ORDINANCE (TITLE 10,
CHAPTER 5 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE) PERTAINING TO
COMMERCIAL CANNABIS REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH
STATE LAW, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE CARRIED OUT IF A
MANNER FULLY IN CONFORMITY WITH THE COASTAL ACT;
AND PROVIDING THAT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S
LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM WILL TAKE EFFECT
AUTOMATICALLY UPON COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVAL
PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 30514
AND TITLE 14, SECTION 13551 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF
REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2003, the California Coastal Commission certified the Local Coastal Plan (“LCP”) of the City of Redondo Beach (LCP Amendment No. RDB- LCP-1-02); WHEREAS, on November 8th, 2016 Proposition 64 known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) was approved by state voters, and regulates the use of marijuana for personal and commercial purposes, including recreational use of marijuana by adults over 21 years of age; WHEREAS, AUMA stipulates that if a City did not enact local commercial licensing restrictions by January 1st, 2018, a valid state license would be the only requirement to operate a commercial marijuana business in any commercial zone in the City; WHEREAS, on September 6, 2022, following recommendations from the Planning Commission, the City Council adopted cannabis regulatory ordinances for both inland and coastal areas of Redondo Beach, permitting no more than two storefront commercial cannabis retailers to operate within the City;
WHEREAS, at the December 19, 2023 City Council meeting, portions of the regulatory Ordinances and the permit application process were identified as needing further review and modification. City Council directed staff to engage Tierra West Advisors, Inc. (TWA) to review the final cannabis regulatory Ordinances, draft Commercial Retail Cannabis (CRC) permitting guidelines, and assist with application processing;
WHEREAS, since December 19, 2023, the City Council met ten times to discuss and provide direction on numerous elements of the Cannabis Regulatory Ordinances, including updated buffers, final selection of permittees and evaluation criteria; WHEREAS, on January 21, 2025, the City Council provided final direction on elements of the regulatory ordinances. The Council directed the Planning Commission to review the ordinances at a special meeting/public hearing to be held on February 3, 2025, and directed staff to schedule a public hearing before the City Council on February 11, 2025 for consideration of introduction and first reading of the ordinances;
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing, took public testimony, and considered the draft amendments to the City’s Local Coastal Plan (LCP) on the 3rd day of February, 2025;
WHEREAS, the amendment to the Coastal Land Use Implementation Ordinance is consistent with the Coastal Land Use Plan and the Comprehensive General Plan of the City; WHEREAS, the amendment to the Coastal Land Use Plan is consistent with Chapter 3 of the Coastal Act and the Comprehensive General Plan of the City; WHEREAS, the amendment does not require a vote of the people under Article XXVII of the City Charter;
WHEREAS, Public Resources Code Section 30514 provides, in relevant part, that, “Any proposed amendments to a certified local coastal program shall be submitted to, and processed by, the commission in accordance with the applicable procedures and time limits specified in Sections 30512 and 30513”; and
WHEREAS, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 13551, requires the City to adopt a resolution to submit an amendment to the LCP to the Coastal Commission for review and approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby finds that the above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby submits the adopted modifications to the Local Coastal Plan, included as Exhibit A, to the Coastal Commission for certification pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 30514 and California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 13551(b) and 13544(b)(1) as an amendment which will take effect automatically upon Commission approval.
SECTION 3. The City Council herby concurs that the Local Coastal Plan will be carried out in a manner fully in conformity with the Coastal Act;
SECTION 4. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 30510, the City Council: (1) hereby accepts that if the amendments to the LCP are certified by the Coastal Commission, the City Council intends to carry out the LCP in a manner fully in conformity with Division 5.5 of the Public Resources Code; and (2) hereby directs City Staff to provide the Coastal Commission with materials sufficient for a thorough and complete review, to the extent feasible and appropriate.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this resolution and shall enter the same in the Book of Original Resolutions.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 11th day of February, 2025.
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVAL AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
Michael W. Webb, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk RESOLUTION NO.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. CC- was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 19th day of July, 2022 11th day of February, 2025, and there after signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said resolution was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Eleanor Manzano, CMC City
Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
“10-5.1626 Cannabis regulations.
(b) Definitions.
(1) “A-license” means a State license issued under this section the Act for cannabis or cannabis products that are intended for adults twenty-one (21) years of age and over and who do not possess physician’s recommendations.
(2) “A-licensee” means any person holding a license under this section the Act for cannabis or cannabis products that are intended for adults twenty-one (21) years of age and over and who do not possess physician’s recommendations. (3) “Act” shall mean the California Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”), as in Business and Professions Code Section 26000 et seq., as amended from time to time
(4) “Applicant” shall mean and refer to a person applying for a Development Agreement pursuant to this ordinance.
(5) “Cannabis” For the purpose of this section “cannabis” and “cannabis” “marijuana” shall have the same meaning.
(6) “Cannabis accessories” means any equipment, products or materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, smoking, vaporizing, or containing cannabis, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis or cannabis products into the human body.
(7) “Cannabis product” means cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product containing cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.
(8) “Cannabis retailer” means a commercial cannabis business where cannabis, cannabis products, or devices for the use of cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers, pursuant to express authorization, cannabis and cannabis products as part of a retail sale, and where the operator holds a valid commercial cannabis business permit from the City of Redondo Beach authorizing the operation of a retailer, and a valid state license as required by state law to operate as a retailer.
(9) “Caregiver” or “Primary caregiver” has the same meaning as the term is defined in Section 11362.7 of the State Health and Safety Code. (10) “City” means the City of Redondo Beach.
(11) “City Council ” or “Council” means the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach.
(12) “City Manager” means the City Manager of the City of Redondo Beach or his or her designee(s).
(13) “Commercial cannabis activity” includes the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, labeling, transportation, distribution, delivery or sale of cannabis and cannabis products only storefront retail sale of cannabis and retail delivery of cannabis products; and excludes the cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, labeling, transportation, distribution, and all activities that are not explicitly expressed in this subsection. (14) “Commercial retail cannabis permit” means the permit issued by the City under RBMC Section 6-2.00.
(15) “Conditional Use Permit” means the permit issued by the City under RBMC Section 10-5.2506.
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(15) “Cultivation” means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.
(16) “Cultivation site” means a location where cannabis is planted, grown, harvested, dried, cured, graded or trimmed, or a location where any combination of those activities occurs.
(17) “Customer” means a natural person twenty-one (21) years of age or over or a natural person eighteen (18) years of age or older who possesses a physician’s recommendation.
(18) “Day care center” means any child day care facility other than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and school age child care centers means a child day care facility other than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and school age child care centers, and includes child care centers licensed pursuant to Section 1596.951 of the CA Health and Safety Code.
(19) “Delivery” means the commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer. “Delivery” also includes the use by a retailer of any technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer (or a microbusiness engaging in retail sales). (20) “Department” means the Department of Cannabis Control within the Department of Consumer Affairs, formerly named the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, and the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation. (21) “Development Agreement” means a contract between the City of Redondo Beach and the selected applicant.
(21) “Dispensary” or “storefront retailer” means a location where cannabis, cannabis products, or devices for the use of cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers cannabis and cannabis products.
(22) “Distribution” means the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between licensees.
(23) “Edible cannabis product” means cannabis product that is intended to be used, in whole or in part, for human consumption, including, but not limited to, chewing gum, but excluding products set forth in Section 15 (commencing with Section 32501) of the Food and Agricultural Code. An edible cannabis product is not considered food, as defined by Section 109935 of the Health and Safety Code.
(24) “Gross receipts” means, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, whether designated as a sales price, royalty, rent, commission, dividend, or other designation, the total amount (including all receipts, cash, credits, and property of any kind or nature) received or payable for sales of goods, wares, or merchandise without any deduction therefrom on account of the cost of the property sold, the cost of materials used, labor, or service costs, interest paid or payable, losses, or any other expense whatsoever. However, the following shall be excluded from gross receipts:
(a) Cash discounts where allowed and taken on sales;
(b) Any tax required by law to be included in or added to the purchase price and collected from the consumer or purchaser;
(c) Such part of the sale price of any property returned by purchasers to the seller as refunded by the seller by way of cash or credit allowances or return of refundable deposits previously included in gross receipts; (d) Receipts derived from the occasional sale of used, obsolete, or surplus trade fixtures, machinery, or other equipment used by the taxpayer in the regular course of the taxpayer's business;
(e) Cash value of sales, trades, or transactions between departments or units of the same business;
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(f) Whenever there are included within the gross receipts amounts which reflect sales for which credit is extended and such amount proved uncollectible in a given year, those amounts may be excluded from the gross receipts in the year they prove to be uncollectible; provided, however, if the whole or portion of such amounts excluded as uncollectible are subsequently collected, they shall be included in the amount of gross receipts for the period when they are recovered; and
(g) Receipts of refundable deposits, except that such deposits when forfeited and taken into income of the business shall not be excluded when in excess of one dollar.
(25) “Hearing officer” means the City Manager or his/her designee, who shall preside over administrative hearings.
(26) “Liquid Assets” means assets that can be readily converted into cash. “Liquid assets” include, but are not limited to, the following: funds in checking or savings accounts, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, mutual fund shares, publicly traded stocks, and United States savings bonds. “Liquid assets” does not mean household items, furniture and equipment, vehicles, cannabis or cannabis products, business inventory, or real property and improvements thereto.
(27) “M-license” means a state license issued under the Act for commercial cannabis activity involving medicinal cannabis.
(28) “M-licensee” means any person holding a license under the Act for commercial cannabis activity involving medicinal cannabis. (29) “Manufacture” means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a cannabis product.
(30) “Manufacturer” means a person that conducts the production, preparation, propagation, or compounding of cannabis or cannabis products either directly or indirectly or by extraction methods, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis at a fixed location that packages or repackages cannabis or cannabis products or labels or re-labels its container, that holds a State license pursuant to this section.
(31) “Cannabis” “Marijuana” or “cannabis” means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. “Cannabis” also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis. “Cannabis” does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. For the purpose of this section, “cannabis” does not mean “industrial hemp” as defined by Section 11018.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(32) “Medicinal cannabis” means cannabis or a cannabis product, respectively, intended to be sold for use pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5, by a medicinal cannabis patient in California who possesses a physician’s recommendation.
(33) “Medicinal delivery” means the commercial transfer of medicinal cannabis to a customer that possesses a physician’s recommendation. “Delivery” also includes the use by a retailer of any technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer, or independently licensed under this section that enables customers to arrange for or facilitate the commercial transfer by a licensed retailer of cannabis or cannabis products.
(34) “Nursery” means a license that produces only clones, immature plants, seeds, and other agricultural products used specifically for the propagation and cultivation of cannabis.
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(35) “Operation” means any act for which any State or local licensure is required under the provisions of this section or any commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products. (36) “Owner” means any of the following:
(a) A person with an aggregated ownership interest of twenty (20%) percent or more in the person or entity applying for a license or a licensee, unless such interest is solely in security, lien, or encumbrance.
(b) The chief executive officer or a member of the board of directors of a nonprofit organization.
(c) An individual who will be participating in the direction, control, or management of the person or entity applying for a license. "Owner" means any of the following:
1. All persons identified as an "owner" on any permit, license, or other authorization issued by a state agency or local government which authorizes the persons to establish and operate the cannabis facility.
2. Any person identified or required to be identified as an "owner" on an application filed with any state agency and any local government, wherein the application requests the privilege to operate the cannabis facility.
3. If no person under subsection 1 or 2, above, exists:
a. A person with an aggregate ownership interest of 20 percent or more in the corporate entity, partnership, or other business entity applying for a permit or a Permittee, unless the interest is solely a security, lien, or encumbrance. b. The chief executive officer of a nonprofit or other entity. c. A member of the board of directors of a nonprofit.
d. An individual who will be participating in the direction, control, or management of the person applying for a permit. A member of the board of directors of a nonprofit. e. An individual who will be participating in the direction, control, or management of the person applying for a permit.
(37) “Package” means any container or receptacle used for holding cannabis or cannabis products. (38) “Permit Administrator” means the Community Development Director City Manager or designee.
(39) “Permittee” means a person who has obtained a commercial cannabis permit from the city to operate a cannabis business.
(40) “Person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular. (41) “Physician’s recommendation” means a recommendation by a physician and surgeon that a patient use cannabis provided in accordance with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), found at Section 11362.5 of the Health and Safety Code. (42) “Premises” means the designated structure or structures and land specified in the application that is owned, leased, or otherwise held under the control of the applicant or licensee where the commercial cannabis activity will be or is conducted
(43) “Private residence” means a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or other similar dwelling.
(44) “Purchaser” means the customer who is engaged in a transaction for purposes of obtaining cannabis or cannabis products.
(45) “Qualified delivery service” is one that has been licensed pursuant to the requirements of California Business and Professions Code Section 26050, maintains at all times while operating in the City of Redondo Beach all necessary State licenses, and operates in compliance with State and local law.
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conducted in private homes.
(47) “Sell,” “sale,” and “to sell” includes any transaction whereby, for any consideration, title to cannabis is transferred from one person to another, and includes the delivery of cannabis or cannabis products pursuant to an order placed for the purchase of the same and soliciting or receiving an order for the same, but does not include the return of cannabis or cannabis products by a licensee to the licensee from whom such cannabis or cannabis product was purchased.
(48) “State license” means a State license issued under this section, and includes both an Alicense and an M-license, as well as a testing laboratory license. (49) “State licensee” means any person holding a license under this section, regardless of whether the license held is an A-license or an M-license, and includes the holder of a testing laboratory license.
(50) “State licensing authority” means the State agency responsible for the issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of the license, or the State agency authorized to take disciplinary action against the licensee.
(51) “Testing laboratory” means a laboratory, facility, or entity in the State that offers or performs tests of cannabis or cannabis products and that is both of the following:
a. Accredited by an accrediting body that is independent from all other persons involved in commercial cannabis activity in the State. b. Licensed by the Department.
(52) “Testing service” means a laboratory, facility, or entity in the State, that offers or performs tests of cannabis or cannabis products, including the equipment provided by such laboratory, facility, or entity, and that is both of the following:
a. Accredited by an accrediting body that is independent from all other persons involved in commercial cannabis activity in the State. b. Registered with the State Department of Public Health. (53) “Youth center” means any public or private facility that is primarily used to host recreational or social activities for minors, including, but not limited to, private youth membership organizations or clubs, social service teenage club facilities, video arcades, or similar amusement park facilities.
(c) Commercial cannabis activities prohibited unless specifically authorized by this chapter.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, cause, allow, assist, participate in, engage in, or in any way conduct any commercial cannabis activity within the city, including but not limited to the cultivation, delivery, distribution, manufacture, testing, transport, retail, microbusiness, purchase, sale, testing, distribution, giving away, or otherwise transferring of cannabis or cannabis products, or any other activities for which a license is available except in compliance with the provisions of Section (c)(2) below. (2) The prohibitions of subsection (a) shall not apply to the following persons, provided said person operates in strict accordance with State and local regulations:
a. A clinic, licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code;
b. Health care facility, licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code;
c. A residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness, licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.01 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; d. A residential care facility for the elderly, licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; e. A residential hospice or home health agency, licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Health and Safety Code;
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g. A licensee's transportation of cannabis or cannabis products on public roads pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 26080 or subsection (e) of Section 26090 of the Business and Professions Code, as the same may be amended from time to time, provided the licensee is permitted or approved to operate by the local jurisdiction in which the licensee's facilities are physically located;
h. A Permittee authorized to engage in storefront retail activities under this ordinance, provided that said person has entered into a Development Agreement with the city, been issued a Commercial Retail Cannabis Permit by the City under RBMC Section XXXX, has been granted a conditional use permit, has been issued the requisite license from the Department, and otherwise complies, at all times, with the provisions of this ordinance. i. A Permittee authorized to engage in delivery retail activities under this ordinance, provided that said person has been issued a Commercial Retail Cannabis Permit by the City under RBMC Section XXXX, has been issued the requisite license from the Department, and otherwise complies, at all times, with the provisions of this ordinance. (3) Until the City establishes a local commercial cannabis tax, the City hereby expressly prohibits the delivery of cannabis and cannabis products within the City except by cannabis retailers based within the City. If the City is required by State law to permit the delivery of cannabis and cannabis products by cannabis retailers not based within the City, such cannabis retailers not based within the City shall be required to comply with the provisions in this ordinance, including, but not limited to, the City commercial cannabis business permit application and approval processes under the ordinance.
(4) Delivery of medicinal cannabis and medicinal cannabis products to qualified patients and their primary caregivers by state licensee cannabis businesses, is permitted within the City until a retailer issued a commercial cannabis business permit. (5) Individual cultivation restrictions.
a. No person shall plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process more than six (6) cannabis plants or permit more than six (6) cannabis plants to be planted, cultivated, harvested, dried, or processed within a single private residence, or upon the grounds of that private residence at one time.
b. Personal cultivation permitted under Health and Safety Code Section 11362.2, as amended from time to time, must occur in a secured indoor location or outdoors within a locked structure upon the growers own property, or a property to which they have explicit authority to access, and in an area that is not visible from a public right-of-way. (6) Commercial cannabis retailer regulations.
a. Cannabis Retailer Permit Required. A cannabis retailer must obtain and maintain at all times a valid Commercial Cannabis permit as required pursuant to Redondo Beach Municipal Code Title 6, Chapter 6.
b. Conditional Use Permit and Zoning.
(1) A Conditional Use Permit is required to establish a cannabis business or operate as a cannabis retailer. Cannabis retailers shall be required to comply with all zoning, land use, and
development regulations applicable to the zoning district in which they are permitted to establish and operate such business as set forth in the Redondo Beach Municipal Code.
(2) The cannabis retailer is not required to obtain a Conditional Use Permit prior to applying for a Commercial Cannabis Permit. (3) If a cannabis retailer is authorized by Conditional Use Permit to operate a cannabis business on a particular site and such operation is discontinued for a continuous period of 12 months, the Conditional Use Permit expires for discontinuance of use and thereafter is void.
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storefront commercial cannabis retailers at any time. Those sites may_be concurrently licensed to provide Delivery.
d. Location Requirements.
A. Cannabis retailers shall be permitted only in commercial and industrial zones, specifically limited to the C-1, C-2, C-2A, C-2B, C-2PD, C-3, C-3A, C-3B, C3PD, C-4, C-4A, C-4B, C-4PD, C-5A, CR, I-1, I-1A, I-1B, I-2, I-2A, and IC-1 zones. Cannabis retailers are prohibited in Coastal Commercial zones. Cannabis retailers are prohibited in any public-institutional zones and zones where residential is permitted.
B. No retailer shall be established or located within 1,000 feet, measured from the nearest property lines of each of the affected parcels, of any other cannabis retailer.
B. No retailer shall be established or located within 1,500 feet of any public or private high school or middle school, measured from the nearest property lines of each of the affected parcels.
C. No retailer shall be established or located within 600 feet from public or private elementary schools, day cares, and youth centers, measured from the nearest property lines of each of the affected parcels.
D. No retailer shall be established or located within 150 feet of Dale Page Park, measured from the nearest property lines of each of the affected parcels.
E. Each No Council District shall only have more than one (1) cannabis retail site.
site.
F. No permitted cannabis retailer may operate from a location that has previously been enforced upon for illegal cannabis activities, for a minimum of 5 years from the passing of this ordinance or from the date of the violation, whichever is later. e. Operating Requirements. In addition to those operating requirements specifically set forth in Section 6-2.05, the following operating requirements shall apply to all cannabis retailers operating in the City of Redondo Beach:
A. Hours of Operation. Storefront retail sales may be open for access to the public between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday.
Delivery hours shall be limited to between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday.
B. Commercial cannabis activities may only operated within a fully enclosed and permanent building. For purposes of this ordinance, the phrase "fully enclosed and permanent building" shall mean a structure having a roof that is enclosed on all sides and is intended and has a useful life appropriate for long-term use, as contrasted with a "temporary building" that is not designed or intended to be permanently located, placed, or affixed to the premises.
C. No permitted cannabis retailer may operate from a location that has previously been enforced upon for illegal cannabis activities, for a minimum of 5 years from the passing of this ordinance.
D. Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 6-2.07,
uniformed licensed security personnel shall be employed to monitor site activity, control loitering and site access, and to serve as a visual deterrent to unlawful activities.
E. For medicinal cannabis, the retailer shall verify the age and all necessary documentation of each customer to ensure the customer is not under the age of eighteen (18) years and that the potential customer has a valid physician's recommendation. For adult-use cannabis, the retailer shall verify the age of each customer to ensure the customer is not under the age of twenty-one (21) years.
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shall be permitted in compliance with provisions (c)(2)(h) and (c)(2)(i) of this Section. A delivery service may operate only as a part of and in conjunction with a retailer permitted pursuant to State law and pursuant to Redondo Beach Municipal Code. Delivery of cannabis from a retailer permitted pursuant to this Section can only be made in a City of County that does not expressly prohibit it by ordinance.
(e) Public nuisance. Any use or condition caused, or permitted to exist in violation of any provision of this section within the City limits of the City of Redondo Beach is declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated by the City either pursuant to Title 4, Chapter 10 of Redondo Beach Municipal Code or any available legal remedies, including, but not limited to, civil injunctions.
(f) Criminal penalties. Any violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be enforced pursuant to Title 1, Chapter 2 of Redondo Beach Municipal Code.
(g) Separate offense for each day. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any such person commits, continues, permits, or causes a violation thereof, and shall be penalized accordingly.
(h) Use or activity prohibited by State law. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit or authorize any use or activity which is otherwise prohibited by State law.”