A. Delivery personnel. A cannabis delivery retailer shall maintain a database and provide a list of the individuals and vehicles authorized to conduct vehicle dispensing, and a copy of the valid California driver’s license issued to the driver of any such vehicle on behalf of the cannabis delivery retailer to the Chief of Police.
B. Delivery requests. During delivery, a physical copy of the delivery request (and/or invoice) shall be in the vehicle at all times, and the driver shall make it available upon the request of agents or employees of the City requesting documentation.
C. Vehicle information. Prior to commencing operations, the following information shall be provided to the City:
1. Proof of ownership of the vehicle or a valid lease for all vehicles that will be used to deliver cannabis or cannabis products.
2. The year, make, model, color, license plate number, and numerical Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for all vehicles that will be used to deliver cannabis goods.
3. Proof of insurance as required by Section 5.42.220 B.2. for all vehicles being used to deliver cannabis goods.
4. The licensee shall provide the City with the information required by this section in writing for any new vehicle that will be used to deliver cannabis goods prior to using the vehicle to deliver cannabis goods.
5. The licensee shall provide the City with any changes to the information required by this section in writing within thirty (30) calendar days.
D. Delivery vehicle. A cannabis delivery retailer shall only permit or allow delivery of cannabis or cannabis products in a vehicle that is:
1. insured at or above the legal requirement in California;
2. capable of securing (locking) the cannabis or cannabis products during transportation;
3. capable of being temperature controlled if perishable cannabis or cannabis products is being transported; and
4. does not display advertising or symbols visible from the exterior of the vehicle that suggest the vehicle is used for cannabis delivery or affiliated with a cannabis retailer.
E. Delivery sales records. A cannabis delivery retailer shall facilitate deliveries with a technology platform owned by or licensed to the non-storefront delivery only retailer that uses Global Positioning System technology to track and database technology to record and store the following information:
1. The time that the individual conducting vehicle dispensing on behalf of the storefront retailer departed the licensed premises.
2. The time that the individual conducting vehicle dispensing on behalf of the storefront retailer completed vehicle dispensing to the qualified patient, primary caregiver, or customer.
3. The time that the individual conducting vehicle dispensing on behalf of the storefront retailer returned to the licensed premises.
4. The route the individual conducting vehicle dispensing on behalf of the storefront retailer will travel between departing and returning to the permitted premises to conduct vehicle dispensing.
5. For each individual vehicle dispensing transaction, the identification of the individual conducting deliveries on behalf of the storefront retailer.
6. For each individual delivery transaction, the vehicle used to conduct vehicle dispensing on behalf of the storefront retailer permittee.
7. For each individual vehicle dispensing transaction, the identity of the qualified patient, primary caregiver, or customer receiving cannabis or cannabis products from the storefront retailer.
8. For each individual vehicle dispensing transaction, the type and quantity of cannabis or cannabis products dispensed and received.
9. For each individual vehicle dispensing transaction, the dollar amount to be charged by the storefront retailer and received by the individual conducting deliveries on behalf of the storefront retailer the cannabis or cannabis products dispensed and received.
F. Customer verification. The individual making deliveries on behalf of the cannabis delivery retailer shall for each transaction:
1. Verify the identity and age of the qualified patient, primary caregiver, or customer receiving cannabis or cannabis products from the delivery only retailer, and
2. If a medicinal cannabis transaction,
a. verify the validity of the qualified patient’s recommendation from a physician to use cannabis for medical purposes or primary caregiver’s status as a primary caregiver for the particular qualified patient, and
b. maintain a copy of the physician recommendation or Identification Card, as described in Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.71 through 11362.77, as may be amended from time to time, at its permitted business location for a period of not less than seven (7) years.
G. Required notifications. Delivery retailers shall notify qualified patients, primary caregivers, and customers in writing of the following:
1. “The sale or diversion of cannabis or cannabis products without a permit issued by the City of Chico is a violation of State law and the Chico City Code.”
2. “Secondary sale, barter, or distribution of cannabis or cannabis products purchased from a permittee is a crime and can lead to arrest.”
3. “Warning: the use of cannabis or cannabis products may impair a person’s ability to drive a motor vehicle or operate heavy machinery.”
4. “CALIFORNIA PROP. 65 WARNING: Smoking of cannabis and cannabis- derived products will expose you and those in your immediate vicinity to cannabis smoke. Cannabis smoke is known by the State of California to cause cancer.”
H. Educational materials. A cannabis delivery retailers shall provide written educational materials to all customers:
1. Regarding each product sold, with information regarding the name and type of product, instructions for use, and expected effects.
2. Regarding all edible cannabis products and cannabis concentrate products sold to a customer, which shall include information on safe storage and use of the product, warning against child access and exposure to the product, and warnings of potential side effects concerning brain development of individuals under the age of twenty-five years and potential harm to pregnant women.
(Ord. 2552 §1, Ord. 2589 §2)