For purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
A. "Accessory Structure" means any fully enclosed and secure structure on the same parcel as a primary residence, such as a greenhouse or a shed.
B. "AUMA" means the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act approved by California voters as Proposition 64 on November 8, 2016,
C. "Cannabis" also means "marijuana" and shall be defined in accordance with the AUMA, Health and Safety Code Section 11018, and other applicable State laws.
D. "Cannabis products" also means "marijuana products" and shall be defined in accordance with the AUMA and other applicable State laws.
E. "Commercial non-medical cannabis activities" includes any non-medical cannabis activities (such as the cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, testing, dispensing, delivery, sale, use, storage, marketing, processing, or packaging of non-medical cannabis and non-medical cannabis products) except for personal cultivation and personal use only as permitted by both, the AUMA and this Code.
F. "Cultivation" shall be defined in accordance with the AUMA, the. MCRSA, Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5, and other applicable State laws.
G. "Cultivation Area" means a fully enclosed and secure area used for personal cultivation within a building, greenhouse, or other structure that has a complete roof enclosure supported by connecting walls extending from the ground to the roof, which is secure against unauthorized entry, is not accessible by minors, provides complete visual screening, and is accessible only through one or more Iockable points of entry. Cultivation areas may only exist inside of private residences and accessory structures.
H. "Indoors" means within a fully enclosed and secure structure.
I. "MCRSA" means the California Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act.
J. "Medical cannabis" also means "medical marijuana" and shall be defined in accordance with the MCRSA, Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5, Health and Safety Code Section 11018, and other applicable State laws.
K. "Minors" means anyone under the age of twenty-one (21) or otherwise prohibited from possessing or using cannabis pursuant to the laws of the City or the State.
L. "MMRSA" means the California Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act.
M. "Outdoors" means any location within the City that is not within a fully enclosed and secure structure.
N. "Personal Cultivation" means the personal non-commercial cultivation of cannabis by an individual twenty-one (21) years of age or older for personal use in a proper cultivation area. Personal cultivation shall include the non-commercial actions of planting, growing, harvesting, drying, and processing cannabis for personal use. All personal cultivation shall be subject to the regulations imposed by the AUMA and this Code.
O. "Personal Cultivation Permit" means a City permit to cultivate cannabis for personal use pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Chapter and the conditions of approval for the permit.
P. "Personal Cultivation Permitee" means an applicant who has applied for and has been issued a personal cultivation permit by the City pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Chapter.
Q. "Personal Use" means the smoking, consumption, or ingestion of cannabis or cannabis products by an individual twenty-one (21) years of age or older. Personal use includes cannabis consumption by means of vaporizers and electronic cigarettes.
R. "Private Residence" means a house, apartment unit, condominium, mobile home, or other similar dwelling.
S. "Smoke" and "Smoking" mean to inhale, exhale, burn, or carry a lighted or heated device or pipe, pr any other lighted or heated cannabis or cannabis product intended for inhalation, Smoking includes the use of an electronic device that creates an aerosol or vapor.
[Ord. No. 555, 10/26/16.]