The following definitions are derived from the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, M.C.L.A. 333.27951 et seq. These definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
(a) “Cultivate” means to propagate, breed, grow, harvest, dry, cure, or separate parts of the marihuana plant by manual or mechanical means.
(b) “Marihuana” means all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis, growing or not; the seeds of the plant; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds or resin, including marihuana concentrate and marihuana-infused products. For purposes of this chapter, marihuana does not include:
(1) 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 from those stalks, fiber, oil, or cake, or sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination;
(2) Industrial hemp; or
(3) Any other ingredient combined with marihuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other products.
(c) “Marihuana accessories” means any equipment, product, material, or combination of equipment, products, or materials, which is specifically designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marihuana into the human body.
(d) “Marihuana concentrate” means the resin extracted from any part of the plant of the genus cannabis.
(e) “Marihuana-infused product” means a topical formulation, tincture, beverage, edible substance, or similar product containing marihuana and other ingredients and this is intended for human consumption.
(f) “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership of any type, trust, or other legal entity.
(g) “Process or processing” means to separate or otherwise prepare parts of the marihuana plant and to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare marihuana concentrate or marihuana-infused products.
(h) “Public place” means a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes but is not limited to highways, streets, parking lots, transportation facilities, public and private school grounds, public places of amusement, restaurants, coffee shops, parks and playgrounds, and that is otherwise not restricted to the private use of a defined person or group of people.
(Ord. 2019-04. Passed 5-13-19.)