As used herein the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Authorized Grower" means a person, 21 years old or older, who is authorized by, and in compliance with, federal or state law to cultivate marijuana indoors for personal use. There may be only one authorized grower per private residence who can present written evidence that any and all other persons, 21 years old or older, have authorized that person to obtain the permit referenced below.
(b) "City" means the City of Canyon Lake, California.
(c) "Cultivation" means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming, or otherwise processing of marijuana plants or any part thereof.
(d) "Fully enclosed and secure structure" means a fully-enclosed space within a building that complies with the California Building Code ("CBSC"), as adopted in the City, or if exempt from the permit requirements of the CBSC, that has a complete roof, a foundation, slab or equivalent base to which the floor is secured by bolts or similar attachments, is secure against unauthorized entry, is accessible only through one or more lockable doors, and is not visible from a public right-of-way. Walls and roofs must be constructed of solid materials that cannot be easily broken through, such as two-inch-by-four-inch nominal or thicker studs overlaid with three-eighths-inch or thicker plywood or the equivalent. Plastic sheeting, regardless of gauge, or similar products do not satisfy this requirement. If indoor grow lights or air filtration systems are used, they must comply with the California building, electrical, and fire codes as adopted in the City of Canyon Lake.
(e) "Immature marijuana plant" means a marijuana plant, whether male or female, that has not yet flowered and that does not yet have buds that are readily observed by unaided visual examination.
(f) "Indoors" means within a fully enclosed and secure structure as that structure is defined above.
(g) "Mature marijuana plant" means a marijuana plant, whether male or female, that has flowered and that has buds that are readily observed by unaided visual examination.
(h) "Public places" means any area open to the public or exposed to public view, and includes, but is not limited to, streets, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, parking lots, automobiles, whether moving or not, and buildings open to the general public, including those that serve food or drink, or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings, and the grounds enclosing them.
(I) "Outdoors" means any location within the City that is not within a fully enclosed and secure structure.
(j) "Parcel" means property assigned a separate parcel number by the Sacramento County assessor.
(k) "Private residence" means a house, apartment unit, mobile home, or other similar dwelling unit. A second unit does not constitute a "private residence."
(Ord. 168, passed 11-2-2016; Am. Ord. 171, passed 12-14-2016)