A. No medical marijuana retail distribution licenses shall be issued for a location within one thousand feet (1,000') of any of the following locations:
1. Private or public preschool, elementary, secondary, vocational or trade school.
B. No medical marijuana licenses shall be issued for a location within two hundred fifty feet (250') of the following locations:
1. Any residentially zoned district; or
2. Another medical marijuana business.
C. Exemption; Central Business District: No medical marijuana dispensary license shall be issued within one hundred feet (100') of the above mentioned locations, with the exception of any and all public and/or private schools and institutions of learning, where the one thousand foot (1,000') rule still applies.
1. The Central Business District is identified as the boundaries of Seminole Main Street Association.
D. Distances shall be measured by the city on official maps as the radius from the the main entrance of the applicant's building to the main entrance of the building of any location outlined in subsections A. and B. above.
1. To determine the proximity to other medical marijuana businesses and the priority of applications, businesses shall have priority in the following order:
a. Businesses that are open and operating;
b. Businesses whose applications have been approved;
c. Applications for medical marijuana business license that have been submitted by the applicant and declared complete by the city;
d. No other applications shall be considered "businesses" for this determination.
E. For purposes of this paragraph, school, college, or university shall include properties owned by such entities only if they are used to provide services, teaching facilities, secondary and higher education sports facilities or living facilities to students. No distance is required between a marijuana business and properties owned by a school, college or university that are not used to provide teaching facilities, living facilities or services to students.
F. Limitations For Dispensaries: The following shall be the minimum requirements for a medical marijuana dispensary:
1. A secured and locked medical marijuana dispensary room; business may also include one or more private rooms for consultation on the medical use of marijuana, and a separate reception area for screening of patients. (Ord. 1223, 8-14-2018, eff. 8-14-2018; amd. Ord. 1246, 6-9-2020)