(A) Facility enhancements. An adult-use cannabis business establishment shall install and maintain building enhancements, such as security cameras, lighting or other improvements, as set forth in the special use permit, to ensure the safety of employees and customers of the adult-use cannabis business establishments, as well as its environs. Said improvements shall be determined based on the specific characteristics of the floor plan for an adult-use cannabis business establishment and the site on which it is located, consistent with the requirements of the act, but shall minimally include the following:
(1) Security and video surveillance.
(a) The adult-use cannabis business establishment shall be an enclosed, locked facility and shall provide and maintain adequate security on the premises, including lighting, video surveillance and alarms reasonably designed to ensure the safety of persons and to protect the premises from theft. The facility shall be enclosed by a minimum eight feet (8') high solid security fence. The fence must be adequately secure to prevent unauthorized entry and include gates tied to an access control system.
(b) The adult-use cannabis business establishment parking area, cultivation, production, warehousing areas and shipping bays and the entire exterior of facility shall be monitored by video surveillance equipment whose live images can be viewed by facility staff, Belleville Police Department Staff and those entities that dispatch for the Belleville Police Department, and continually recorded in a tamper proof format.
(c) A sign shall be posted in a prominent location at each entrance to the facility which reads: “These premises are under constant video surveillance.”
(d) A sign shall be posted in a conspicuous location at each entrance to the facility that reads: “Persons under 21 years of age not permitted on these premises.”
(e) The zoning administrator shall review the adequacy of lighting, security and video surveillance installations with assistance from the Belleville Police Chief.
(f) The loading of product shall occur within secure enclosed shipping bays and shall not be visible from the exterior of the building.
(g) An adult-use cannabis business establishment shall report all criminal activities to all appropriate law enforcement agencies immediately upon discovery.
(2) Exterior signage. Other than the signs as specified in this section, all exterior signage shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 155 of this code, further subject to the following:
(a) Electronic message boards and temporary signs are prohibited.
(b) Signs shall not include any realistic or stylized graphical representation of drug paraphernalia, or cartoonish imagery oriented toward youth.
(B) Age and access limitations. It shall be unlawful for an adult-use cannabis business establishment to allow any person who is not at least 21 years of age on the premises. An adult-use business establishment shall not employ anyone under the age of 21 years. Access shall be limited exclusively to facility staff and local and state officials and those specifically authorized under the act and any subsequent implementing regulations.
(C) Noxious odors. An adult-use cannabis business establishment shall operate in a manner that prevents odor impacts on neighboring properties and, if necessary, the facility shall be ventilated with a system for odor control approved by the St. Clair County Department of Public Health.
(Ord. 8401-2019, passed 12-19-2019)