(A) A cannabis business must meet land use and building standards pursuant to Title X of this Code:
(1) Conform with the city's general plan, any applicable specific plan, master plan, and design requirements.
(2) Comply with all applicable zoning and related development standards pursuant to Title X of this Code.
(3) Be constructed in a manner that minimizes odors to surrounding uses, and promotes quality design and construction, and consistency with the surrounding properties.
(4) Be adequate in size and shape to accommodate the yards, walls, fences, parking and loading facilities, landscaping and all items required for the development.
(5) Be served by highways adequate in width and improved as necessary to carry the kind and quantity of traffic such use will generate.
(6) Be provided with adequate electricity, sewerage, disposal, water, fire protection and storm drainage facilities for the intended purpose.
(B) A cannabis business must meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Shall be no closer than 600 feet from any zoned parcel in the city designated by state law as a sensitive use. The distance measured shall be the horizontal distance measured in a straight line from the property line of those parcels to the closest property line of the lot on which the cannabis business is located.
(2) Shall not be closer than 600 feet from any parcel containing any of the following:
(a) A school providing instruction in kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12, (whether public, private, or charter, including pre-school, transitional kindergarten, and K-12);
(b) A commercial daycare center licensed by the state, county or city or that is in existence at the time the license is issued, unless the state licensing authority or the city specifies a greater radius;
(c) A youth center that is in existence prior to the submittal of the initial cannabis application or at the time the permit is issued, unless the state licensing authority or the city specifies a greater radius.
(C) The distance requirements prescribed in this section (§ 6-5.33) shall not apply to:
(1) The Fresno River;
(2) Rotary Park, Courthouse Park, Wells Center (including the community garden and Centennial Park), Frank Bergon Center, and Lions Town and Country Community Park;
(3) Madera County Fairgrounds;
(4) Madera Municipal Golf Course;
(5) Madera County Library; and
(6) Madera Downtown Business Improvement Area as depicted in the following diagram.
(Ord. 977 C.S., passed 6-16-21; Am. Ord. 980 C.S., passed 11-3-21)