(a) Except as otherwise provided herein and notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Ohio Revised Code, an adult use consumer, may do the following:
(1) Use adult use cannabis;
(2) Possess, transfer without remuneration to another adult consumer, or transport adult use cannabis, subject to subsection (b) hereof; and
(3) Purchase adult use cannabis from an adult use dispensary per day in amounts that do not exceed the possession limits set forth in paragraph (b)(1) hereof.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in R.C. Chapter 3796:
(1) The amount of cannabis that may be possessed by an adult use consumer shall not exceed:
A. Two and one-half ounces of adult use cannabis in any form except adult use extract; and
B. Fifteen grams of adult use cannabis in the form of adult use extract.
(2) The amount of cannabis that may be transferred by an adult use consumer without remuneration and not advertised or promoted to the public shall not exceed:
A. Two and one-half ounces of adult use cannabis in any form except adult use extract; and
B. Fifteen grams of adult use cannabis in the form of adult use extract.
(3) The amount of cannabis that may be transported by an adult use consumer shall not exceed:
A. Two and one-half ounces of adult use cannabis in any form except adult use extract; and
B. Fifteen grams of adult use cannabis in the form of adult use extract.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an adult use consumer shall not be subject to arrest, criminal prosecution, or civil penalty for engaging in any of the activities authorized under this chapter, including:
(1) Obtaining, using, possessing, or transporting adult use cannabis;
(2) Performing conduct authorized under R.C. § 3780.29;
(3) Acquiring, possessing, using, purchasing, manufacturing, selling, or transporting paraphernalia; and
(4) Assisting another adult use consumer, or allowing property to be used, in any of the acts authorized by this chapter.
(d) (1) An individual is prohibited from operating a vehicle, motor vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, bike, watercraft, or aircraft while using adult use cannabis or while under the influence of adult use cannabis and is subject to R.C. § 4511.19 and Lakewood Codified Ordinance Section 333.01 for any violation of this division.
(2) An individual is prohibited from smoking, vaporizing, or using any other combustible adult use cannabis product while in a vehicle, motor vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, bike, watercraft, or aircraft and is subject to R.C. § 4511.19 for any violation of this division.
(3) An individual is prohibited from smoking, vaporizing or using any other combustible cannabis or marihuana product while in any public park, public street, sidewalk, or any other outdoor area held open to the public, including but not limited to outdoor bar and dining patios.
(e) Nothing in this chapter is intended to permit the transfer or sale of adult use cannabis, with or without remuneration, to an individual under twenty-one years of age, or to allow an individual under twenty-one years of age to purchase, possess, use, process, transport, or cultivate cannabis except where authorized by R.C. Chapter 3796.
(Ord. 40-2023. Passed 5-6-24.)