For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply.
CANNABIS: 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" includes cannabis that is used for medical, non- medical, or other purposes.
"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. "Cannabis" also does not include industrial hemp, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 11018.5.
CANNABIS ACCESSORIES: Any equipment, products or materials of any kind which is 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.
CANNABIS PRODUCT: 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.
COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY: The cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of cannabis and cannabis product for medical, non-medical, or any other purpose and includes the activities of any business licensed by the State or other government entity under division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, or any provision of State law that regulates the licensing of cannabis businesses.
CONCENTRATED CANNABIS: Manufactured cannabis that has undergone a process to concentrate one or more active cannabinoids, thereby increasing the product's potency. Resin from granular trichomes from a cannabis plant is a concentrate.
CULTIVATION: Any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.
DELIVERY: 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.
DISTRIBUTION: The procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between entities licensed under division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, as they may be amended from time to time.
MAUCRSA: The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act as codified in division 10 of the Business and Professions Code, as the same may be amended from time to time.
MANUFACTURE: To compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a cannabis product.
NON-STOREFRONT , DELIVERY-ONLY MEDICAL CANNABIS RETAIL (OR RETAILER): As defined in Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 4-2-2302.
PRIVATE RESIDENCE: A house, an apartment unit, condominium, or other similar dwelling that is lawfully used as a residence.
YOUTH CENTER: As defined in Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 4-2-2302. (Ord. 17-O-2734, eff. 9-8-2017; amd. Ord. 23-O-2881, eff. 11-17-2023)