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A. No person shall smoke or ingest cannabis, whether for recreational or medical use, in any public place, including, but not limited to, a public right of way, alley, street, sidewalk, park, public building, structure or parking lot, or municipal airport.
B. Smoking of cannabis, whether for medical or recreational use, shall be prohibited in any building, structure, location, area or place where the Code currently prohibits the smoking of tobacco.
(Ord. 2505; Ord. 2553; Ord. 2589 §4)
A. Any violation of this Chapter is hereby declared a public nuisance and, as such, may be abated pursuant to Chapter 1.14 of this Code, or enjoined from further operation within the City of Chico.
B. All means of enforcement authorized under this Code may be used to address violations of this Chapter, including, but not limited to: civil penalties, nuisance abatement, civil actions, and/or administrative citations. The City’s pursuance of one remedy does not preclude the City from invoking any other one or more additional remedies for such violation.
(Ord. 2505; Ord. 2553; Ord. 2589 §4)
A. No person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge, control, or possession of any premises within the City shall cause, allow, suffer, or permit such premises to be used in violation of this Chapter.
B. Except for Section 19.75.060, which shall be subject to an infraction pursuant to state law, any person violating any provision of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to the penalty therefor, as set forth in Section 1.04.120 of this Code. Any such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day a violation of the provisions of this Chapter is committed, continued, or permitted to be continued by such person.
C. Any person violating any provision of this Chapter may also be subject to the issuance of administrative citations, pursuant to Chapter 1.15 of this Code.
(Ord. 2505; Ord. 2553; Ord. 2589 §4)
The provisions of this Chapter shall control for regulation of cannabis activities as defined herein if other provisions of the Code conflict therewith. This Chapter shall not, however, relieve any person of his or her duty to comply with such laws if additional obligations, duties, or prohibitions are imposed thereby.
(Ord. 2505; Ord. 2553; Ord. 2589 §4)
A. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all personal cannabis cultivation, whether maintained prior to or after the effective date of any of the provisions of this Chapter. Those cannabis plants planted, cultivated, harvested, dried, or processed prior to the effective date of any provision enacted hereunder shall be brought into compliance with such provisions within thirty (30) calendar days of the effective date thereof.
B. Any private residence not brought into compliance within the aforementioned time period shall be deemed to be in violation of this Chapter and therefore subject to enforcement or abatement proceedings as authorized in this Chapter against any and all responsible persons.
(Ord. 2505; Ord. 2553; Ord. 2589 §4)
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