A. Commercial cannabis businesses may operate only during the hours established by resolution of the City Council and specified in the Commercial Cannabis Business Permit issued by the City.
B. Cannabis shall not be consumed by anyone on the Premises of any commercial cannabis business.
C. No outdoor storage of cannabis or cannabis products is permitted at any time.
D. Each commercial cannabis business shall have in place a point-of-sale or management inventory tracking system to track and report on all aspects of the commercial cannabis business including, but not limited to, such matters as cannabis tracking, inventory data, gross sales (by weight and by sale) and other information which may be deemed necessary by the City. The system must have the capability to produce historical transactional data for review. Any system selected must be in compliance with state law.
E. All cannabis and cannabis products sold, tested, distributed or manufactured shall be cultivated, manufactured, and transported by licensed facilities that maintain operations in full conformance with State and local regulations.
F. No physician shall be permitted in any commercial cannabis business at any time for the purpose of evaluating patients for the issuance of a medicinal cannabis recommendation or medicinal cannabis identification card.
G. All commercial cannabis retailers shall have a manager on the premises at all times during hours of operation.
H. Each commercial cannabis business shall provide the City Manager with the name and telephone number (both land line and mobile, if available) of a manager or owner to whom emergency notice may be provided twenty-four (24) hours a day.
I. Business identification signage for a commercial cannabis business shall conform to the requirements of state law and this Code, including, but not limited to, the requirements for a City sign permit.
J. Each commercial cannabis business premises shall be visibly posted with a clear and legible notice indicating that smoking, ingesting, or otherwise consuming cannabis on the premises or in the areas adjacent to the commercial cannabis business is prohibited.
K. Persons under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall not be allowed on the premises of a commercial cannabis business, and shall not be allowed to serve as a driver for a mobile delivery service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, persons at least eighteen (18) years old with a physician's recommendation are permitted on the premises of a storefront retailer selling medicinal cannabis and medicinal cannabis products. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any person to employ any person at a commercial cannabis business who is not at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
L. Odor control devices and techniques shall be incorporated in all commercial cannabis businesses to ensure that odors from cannabis are not detectable off-site. Commercial cannabis businesses shall provide a sufficient odor absorbing ventilation and exhaust system so that odor generated inside the commercial cannabis business that is distinctive to its operation is not detected outside of the facility, anywhere on adjacent property or public rights-of-way, on or about the exterior or interior common area walkways, hallways, breezeways, foyers, lobby areas, or any other areas available for use by common tenants or the visiting public, or within any other unit located inside the same building as the commercial cannabis business. As such, commercial cannabis businesses must install and maintain the following equipment, or any other equipment which the Community Development Director determines is a more effective method or technology, or that has been approved by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health:
1. An exhaust air filtration system with odor control that prevents internal odors from being emitted externally;
2. An air system that creates negative air pressure between the commercial cannabis business' interior and exterior, so that the odors generated inside the commercial cannabis business are not detectable on the outside of the commercial cannabis business.
M. The original copy of the Commercial Cannabis Business Permit issued by the City pursuant to this Chapter and the City-issued business tax certificate shall be posted inside the commercial cannabis business in a location readily-visible to the public.
N. The permittee of a commercial cannabis business shall prohibit loitering by persons outside on the premises.
O. Nothing in this Chapter exempts a commercial cannabis business from complying with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to persons with disabilities.
P. No commercial cannabis business may discriminate or exclude patrons in violation of local, state and federal laws and regulations.
(Ord. No. 17-018 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 2017-020 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 2018-007 § 2 (part))