The definitions in this Section are intended to apply to this Chapter only. Any term which is not specifically defined herein shall have the definition as provided by Division 10 of the Development Code.
(a) COUNTY. Refers to San Bernardino County, a political subdivision of the State of California, and means the unincorporated area of San Bernardino County.
(b) CULTIVATION. Any activity involving the propagation, planting, growing, breeding, harvesting, drying, curing, or other development of industrial hemp plants or propagative material. Cultivation shall not include the manufacture or retail sale of industrial hemp or industrial hemp products.
(c) CULTIVATION SITE. Contiguous land area on which the hemp entity plans to engage in industrial hemp cultivation, storage, or both.
(d) CULTIVATION SUPPORT SERVICES. Means uses that are supportive of the farm community and are fully compatible with agricultural uses. CULTIVATION SUPPORT SERVICES are uses that directly support or that are accessory or incidental to an established industrial hemp use within the general vicinity. These services do not adversely affect surrounding properties, groundwater or infrastructure. These include but are not limited to storage of machinery equipment and supplies, products packaging and processing, or agricultural product warehousing and storage.
(e) ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Shall have the same meaning as defined in § 11.0202 (Definitions) of the County Code.
(f) GREENHOUSE. A structure that is used for the indoor propagation of plants, whether or not installed with permanent structural elements, such as footings or foundations, and is constructed with a translucent roof or walls.
(g) HOOP STRUCTURE. A structure consisting of a lightweight metal, plastic, or wooden frame, or a series of hoops, that is covered by an impermeable, removable layer of plastic or polyethylene film used to protect plants grown in the soil. A HOOP STRUCTURE has no permanent structural elements, such as footings, foundations, plumbing, or electrical wiring. The term HOOP STRUCTURE includes structures commonly known as “hoop houses.”
(h) INDOOR CULTIVATION. The cultivation of industrial hemp within a temporary or permanent building or structure using artificial light.
(i) INDUSTRIAL HEMP. Shall have the same meaning as defined in Food and Agricultural Code § 81000, and as hereafter amended.
(j) INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES. Includes, but is not limited to the cultivation, possession, distribution, manufacturing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery, dispensing or sale of industrial hemp for commercial purposes. INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACTIVITIES do not include the retail sale of industrial hemp or industrial hemp products.
(k) MANUFACTURE. To produce, prepare, propagate, compound, or otherwise blend, extract, or infuse hemp and/or hemp products either directly or indirectly, or by extraction methods, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis.
(l) MANUFACTURED HEMP. Raw hemp that has undergone a process whereby the raw hemp has been transformed into a concentrate, extract, or other manufactured product intended for internal consumption, through inhalation, oral ingestion, or for topical application, or any other use in which the hemp is used, including but not limited to building material, food, fuel, medicine, paper, plastic, substitute, rope and textiles.
(m) OUTDOOR CULTIVATION. Any cultivation of industrial hemp that is not indoor cultivation and is exclusively planted in the soil on the cultivation site and not in containers, other than for initial propagation before planting in the soil.
(n) REGISTERED HEMP ENTITY. Any person who has properly registered an industrial hemp activity with the County. This includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, business, business trust, receiver, syndicate, collective, cooperative, institution, or any other group or entity, or combination acting as a unit.
(o) SCREENING. Means the method by which a view of one lot from another adjacent lot is shielded, concealed, or hidden. SCREENING techniques include fences, walls, non-invasive species of hedges, shrubs, trees or natural forest, berms and other features.
(p) SENSITIVE RECEPTOR. A facility or land use that serves or attracts members of a population who are particularly sensitive to the effects of air pollutants or strong odors. Examples of SENSITIVE RECEPTORS include, but are not limited to, a daycare facility, senior living facility, K-12 school, public park, sports complex, youth-oriented center or similar facility serving children, the elderly, or people with illness.
(q) VOLATILE SOLVENT. Any solvent that is or produces a flammable gas or vapor that, when present in the air in sufficient quantities, will create an explosive or ignitable mixture. Examples include, but are not limited to, butane, hexane, and propane.
(Ord. 4444, passed - -2022)