City Council
Item 8.C
October 24, 2023
Recommended Action
• Introduce for first reading an Interim Zoning Ordinance amending the text of the Zoning Ordinance to replace the term “Medical Marijuana Dispensary” with “Medicinal
Cannabis Retailer”, to remove certain requirements for
Medicinal Cannabis Retailers for consistency with State law, and to permit Medicinal Cannabis Retailers to deliver, cultivate, and sell adult-use cannabis or adult-use
cannabis products to persons 21 Years of Age and Over
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Recommended Action
• Introduce for first reading an Ordinance amending Section
6.203.010 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to allow
medicinal cannabis retailers with medicinal cannabis
permits issued before October 10, 2023, to deliver,
cultivate, and sell adult-use cannabis and adult-use
cannabis products to persons 21 years of age and over,
subject to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.31.185 City Council | 10.24.23 | Item 8.C
Background
2015: Zoning Ordinance Update
• First regulations for medical marijuana (medicinal cannabis) 2017: Medicinal Cannabis IZO
• Updated terminology
• Created consistency with State law
• Prohibited adult-use cannabis activities
• Expired in 2023
2021/22: Conditional Use Permits granted
for two medicinal retailers
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Background
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Medicinal Cannabis
Retailers with active
Conditional Use
Permits as of
October 10, 2023
925
Wilshire
Blvd
1416
Wilshire
Blvd
Background
June 2023: Council Study Session
• Return to Council with an Ordinance allowing for adult-use cannabis retail business and non-retail business types within the City. • Conduct an equity study and create an adult-use cannabis social equity program.
• Begin by initially returning to Council with an Ordinance permitting the two previously approved Medicinal Cannabis Retailers to sell adult-use cannabis.
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Proposed Ordinances
• Permits the two medicinal cannabis retailers with active CUPs as of October 10, 2023, to deliver and sell adult-use cannabis • Can only be sold to customers 21 years of age and over • Updates terminology
• Creates consistency with State law
City Council | 10.24.23 | Item 8.C
Recommended Action
• Introduce for first reading an Interim Zoning Ordinance amending the text of the Zoning Ordinance to replace the term “Medical Marijuana Dispensary” with “Medicinal
Cannabis Retailer”, to remove certain requirements for
Medicinal Cannabis Retailers for consistency with State law, and to permit Medicinal Cannabis Retailers to deliver, cultivate, and sell adult-use cannabis or adult-use
cannabis products to persons 21 Years of Age and Over
City Council | 10.24.23 | Item 8.C
Recommended Action
• Introduce for first reading an Ordinance amending Section
6.203.010 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to allow
medicinal cannabis retailers with medicinal cannabis
permits issued before October 10, 2023, to deliver,
cultivate, and sell adult-use cannabis and adult-use
cannabis products to persons 21 years of age and over,
subject to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.31.185 City Council | 10.24.23 | Item 8.C
Recommended Action
• Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to
Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines
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City Council
Item 8.C
October 24, 2023
Medicinal Cannabis
Retailers with active
Conditional Use
Permits as of
October 10, 2023
925
Wilshire
Blvd
1416
Wilshire
Blvd