(A) Number Of Retailers: No more than the number of cannabis retailers adopted by resolution may operate within the City of Placerville at any one time and shall be issued a permit by the City of Placerville.
(B) Deliveries: Retailers may only deliver to customers within a county or city that does not expressly prohibit delivery by ordinance. Should subsequent State law preempt local jurisdictions from prohibiting deliveries, the City shall reserve the right to regulate deliveries and require prior authorization in the form of a permit, pursuant to its land use and police powers under article XI, section 7 of the California Constitution.
(C) Age Verification: Retailers shall verify the age and all necessary documentation of each individual to ensure the customer is not under the age of eighteen (18) years and proper identification is checked and that the potential customer has a valid doctor's recommendation and/or Health and Safety Code section 11362.71 identification card. For adult-use purchases they shall verify that all customers are twenty one (21) years of age or older for the purchase of cannabis or cannabis products.
(D) Entrances: Entrances into the retailer shall be locked at all times with entry strictly controlled. A "buzz-in" electronic/mechanical entry system shall be utilized to limit access to and entry to the retailer to separate it from the reception/lobby area. Individuals must show their physician's recommendation, or a cannabis card issued pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11362.71 in order to gain access into the retailer. Doctor recommendations are not to be obtained or provided at the retail location.
(E) Security: Uniformed licensed security personnel shall be employed to monitor site activity, control loitering and site access, and to serve as a visual deterrent to unlawful activities. Security personnel may be allowed to carry firearms if authorized by the Chief of Police.
(F) Quantity Of Product: Retailers may have only that quantity of cannabis and cannabis products to meet the daily demand readily available for sale on-site in the retail sales area of the retailer.
(G) Restrooms: All restroom facilities shall remain locked and under the control of management.
(H) Customers: Retailers and microbusinesses authorized to conduct retail activities shall only serve customers who are within the licensed premises, or at a delivery address that meets the requirements of this chapter.
1. The sale and delivery of cannabis goods shall not occur through a pass-through window or a slide-out tray to the exterior of the premises.
2. Retailers or microbusinesses shall not operate as or with a drive-in or drive-through at which cannabis goods are sold to persons within or about a motor vehicle.
3. No cannabis goods shall be sold and/or delivered by any means or method to any person within a motor vehicle.
4. All cannabis goods sold by a retail business shall be contained in child-resistant packaging.
5. Retailers shall record point-of-sale areas and areas where cannabis goods are displayed for sale on the video surveillance system. At each point-of-sale location, camera placement must allow for the recording of the facial features of any person purchasing or selling cannabis goods, or any person in the retail area, with sufficient clarity to determine identity.
6. A retail licensee or microbusiness licensee who is engaged in retail sale shall hire or contract for security personnel who are at least twenty one (21) years of age to provide security services for the licensed retail premises. All security personnel hired or contracted for by the licensee shall be licensed by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services and shall comply with chapters 11.4 and 11.5 of division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(I) Access To Retailer Premises:
1. Access to the premises of a retail licensee/permittee shall be limited to individuals who are at least twenty one (21) years of age.
2. Notwithstanding subsection (I)1 of this section, individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age and in possession of a valid physician's recommendation shall be granted access to the premises of a retail licensee/permittee for the sole purpose of purchasing medicinal cannabis consistent with the physician's recommendation.
(J) Authorized Sales: A retailer shall only sell adult-use cannabis and adult-use cannabis products to individuals who are at least twenty one (21) years of age. A retailer shall only sell medicinal cannabis or medicinal cannabis products to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age, but not yet twenty one (21), if those individuals are in possession of a valid physician's recommendation. Medicinal cannabis sales to individuals twenty one (21) years of age and older are unrestricted.
(K) Limited Access Areas: A retailer shall establish limited- access areas and permit only authorized individuals to enter the limited-access areas. Authorized individuals include individuals employed by the retailer as well as any outside vendors, contractors, or other individuals conducting business that requires access to the limited access area. All individuals granted access to the limited access area shall be at least twenty one (21) years of age, and if not employed by the retailer, shall be escorted at all times by an employee of the licensee/permittee. A retailer shall maintain a log of all individuals who are not employees who are granted access to the limited access area. These logs shall be made available to the Chief of Police or the Development Services Director upon request.
(L) Microbusiness - Commercial Activity: All cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail activities performed by a licensee under a type 12-microbusiness permit shall occur on the same licensed premises. Areas of the premises for manufacturing and cultivation shall be separated from the distribution and retail areas by a wall and all doors between the areas shall remain closed when not in use.
(M) Hours: Operating hours of the store front retailer license shall be limited to the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. through nine o'clock (9:00) P.M., seven (7) days a week.
(N) Store Front/Retail Security Requirements: All provisions incorporated within section 5-28-28, "Security Measures", of this chapter are directly applicable to and binding on all commercial cannabis businesses, including all store front/retail businesses. (Ord. 1694, 10-9-2018)