(a) Alarms, closed circuit television.
(1) A Sheriff Department-licensed, 24-hour centrally monitored alarm system is required.
(2) Closed circuit television (CCTV) video monitoring shall be installed that meets the following criteria:
(A) Continuous 24-hour operation and recording with minimum archival period of 14 days.
(B) Sufficient cameras, angles of observation and lighting to allow facial feature identification of persons in interior and exterior areas where cannabis is present at any time.
(C) Sufficient cameras, angles of observation and lighting to allow facial feature identification of persons in the immediate exterior areas of doors, windows or other avenues of potential access.
(D) All CCTV recordings shall be accessible to law or code enforcement officers at all times during operating hours and otherwise upon reasonable request. All CCTV recording systems shall have the capability of producing tapes, DVDs or other removable media of recordings made by the CCTV system.
(E) To prevent tampering, the recorder shall be kept in a secure location and all recordings shall be date and time stamped.
(b) Windows.
(1) Windows and glass panes shall have vandal-resistant glazing, shatter-resistant film, glass block, or bars installed equipped with latches that may be released quickly from the inside to allow exit in the event of emergency.
(2) Windows vulnerable to intrusion by a vehicle must be protected by bollards or landscaping grade separation reasonably sufficient to prevent such intrusion.
(c) Roofs, roof hatches, sky lights, ceilings. For buildings in which a Medical Cannabis Collective Facility, Commercial Cannabis Microbusiness, or Commercial Cannabis Retailer is located:
(1) All means of gaining unauthorized access to the roof shall be eliminated. Exterior roof ladders shall be secured with locked ladder covers.
(2) Roof hatches and skylights shall be secured so as to prevent intrusion.
(3) Where a Medical Cannabis Collective Facility, Commercial Cannabis Microbusiness, or Commercial Cannabis Retailer is located in a building with other tenants, the collective facility, Commercial Cannabis Microbusiness, or Commercial Cannabis Retailer shall be secured against unauthorized access from other tenant spaces or common areas, including access through crawl spaces, ceiling spaces, ventilation systems or other access points concealed from the common areas.
(d) Visibility.
(1) No cannabis may be visible from any location off the property on which a collective facility is located. All cannabis activities shall be enclosed within a building.
(2) Exterior landscaping within 10 feet of any building in which a Medical Cannabis Collective Facility, Commercial Cannabis Microbusiness, or Commercial Cannabis Retailer is located shall be free of locations which could reasonably be considered places where a person could conceal themselves considering natural or artificial illumination.
(3) Exterior building lighting and parking area lighting must be in compliance with County of San Diego Light Pollution Code (Sections 51.201-51.209 of the San Diego County Code), County of San Diego Zoning Ordinance (Sections 6322 - 6326), and California Energy Code (Title 24-Chapter 6 of the California Code of Regulations). Lighting must be of sufficient foot-candles and color rendition, so as to allow the ready identification of any individual committing a crime on site at a distance of no less than forty feet.
(e) Fire suppression system: An approved automatic fire sprinkler system, designed in compliance with NFPA 13, shall be provided in buildings and portions thereof used as a Medical Cannabis Collective Facility, Commercial Cannabis Microbusiness, or Commercial Cannabis Retailer.
(f) Entrances, exits, doors.
(1) A Medical Cannabis Collective Facility, Commercial Cannabis Microbusiness, or Commercial Cannabis Retailer shall have a single plainly identified primary entrance/exit site that is visible from public or common areas.
(2) Any exit or entrance that is not visible from a public or common area shall be plainly marked as an emergency exit only. Such emergency exits shall be self-closing, self-locking, equipped with an alarm and not used except in an emergency.
(3) Any aluminum door shall be fitted with steel inserts at the lock receptacles.
(4) Any outward opening doors shall be fitted with hinge stud kits, welded hinges or set-screw hinge pins.
(5) Panic exit hardware shall be "push-bar" design.
(6) Double doors shall be fitted with three-point locking hardware and push-bars consistent with fire agency regulations or requirements.
(7) All emergency exits shall be solid core doors featuring hinge-pin removable deterrence. Emergency exit doors shall have latch guards at least 12 inches in length protecting the locking bolt area. Latch guards shall be of minimum 0.125-inch thick steel, affixed to the exterior of the door with non-removable bolts, and attached so as to cover the gap between the door and the doorjamb for a minimum of six inches both above and below the area of the latch.
(8) All glass doors or doors with glass panes shall have shatter-resistant film affixed to prevent glass breakage.
(Added by Ord. No. 10060 (N.S.), effective 7-30-10; amended by Ord. No. 10120 (N.S.), effective 3-3-11; amended by Ord. No. 10751 (N.S.), effective 11-19-21)