Cannabis businesses permitted to engage in retail storefront, retail non-storefront, microbusiness, microbusiness-cultivation, microbusiness-distribution, microbusiness-manufacturing, testing labs, for cannabis and cannabis products (collectively referred to in this section as "cannabis businesses") shall only be operated within Heavy Commercial (HC), Commercial (C), Highway Commercial (HWC), Central Business District (CBD) and Industrial (I) Zones at those locations where such activities are permitted pursuant to title 10 of this Code.
(A) All properties in which cannabis businesses are located must also meet all of the following distance requirements:
1. It shall be no closer than two hundred fifty feet (250') from any zoned parcel in the City designated by State law pursuant to California Business and Professions Code section 26054(b) and Health and Safety Code section 11362.768 as a sensitive use. The distance measured shall be the horizontal distance measured in a straight line from the property line of those parcels in subsection (A)2 of this section to the closest property line of the lot on which the cannabis business is located.
2. It shall be no closer than two hundred fifty feet (250') 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, City or County that is in existence at the time the license is issued, unless the State licensing authority or the City specifies a different radius.
(c) A youth center that is in existence at the time the license is issued, unless the State licensing authority or the City specifies a different radius.
(B) Each proposed cannabis business project shall:
1. Conform with the City 's general plan, any applicable specific plans, master plans, and design requirements.
2. Comply with all applicable zoning and related development standards.
3. Be constructed in a manner that minimizes odors to surrounding uses, and promotes quality design and construction.
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. (Ord. 1694, 10-9-2018)