For the purposes of this chapter, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
"City" means the city of La Puente.
"Code" means La Puente municipal code.
"Conviction" means a plea or verdict of guilty, or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere.
"Director" means the city of La Puente community development director, or his/her designee.
"Guidelines" means the "Guidelines For The Security and Non-Diversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use" issued by the California Attorney General in August 2008 or as such guidelines may be amended from time to time.
"Medical marijuana" means marijuana authorized in strict compliance with Health and Safety Code §§ 11362.5, 11362.7 et seq., or as such sections may he amended from time to time.
"Medical marijuana cooperative or collective" means a collective, cooperative, association or similar entity that cultivates, distributes, dispenses, stores, exchanges, processes, delivers, makes available, transmits or gives away marijuana in the city for medicinal purposes to qualified patients, persons with an identification card or primary caregivers pursuant to Health and Safety Code §§ 11362.5, 11362.7 - 11362.83 and/or the guidelines, or as these laws may be amended from time to time.
''Member" means a qualified patient, person with an identification card or primary caregiver who is a member in good standing of the medical marijuana collective or cooperative.
"Person with an identification card" shall have the meaning given that term by Health and Safety Code § 11362.7 or as such section may be amended from time to time.
"Permit" means a medical marijuana cooperative or collective permit, as authorized by this chapter.
"Permittee" means any person, group, association, cooperative or collective issued a permit pursuant to this chapter.
"Primary caregiver" shall have the meaning given that term by Health and Safety Code § 11362.7 or as such section may be amended from time to time.
"Qualified patient" shall have the meaning given that term by Health and Safety Code § 11362.7 or as such section may be amended from time to time.
"State law" means Compassionate Use Act, as codified in Health and Safety Code § 11362.5 and Medical Marijuana Program Act, as codified in §§ 1 1362.7 et seq. or as such acts may be amended from time to time.
"Zoning code" means Title 10 (zoning) of the code.
Ord. 10-902 § 3, 2010; Ord. 10-901 § 3, 2010; Ord. 09-983 § 2, 2010)