(a) Cannabis or cannabis products shall not be consumed by any retail customer or employee on the premises of any commercial cannabis businesses.
(b) No cannabis or cannabis products or graphics depicting cannabis or cannabis products shall be visible from the exterior of any property issued a commercial cannabis business permit, or on any vehicle(s) owned or used as part of the commercial cannabis business. No outdoor storage of cannabis or cannabis products is permitted at any time.
(c) Each commercial cannabis business shall have in place a point-of-sale or management inventory tracking system to track and report on all aspects of the commercial cannabis business including, but not limited to, such matters as cannabis tracking, inventory data, gross sales by weight, and by sale, and other information which may be deemed necessary by the City. The commercial cannabis business shall ensure that such information is compatible with the City's record-keeping systems. In addition, the system must have the capability to produce historical transactional data for review. Furthermore, any system selected must be approved and authorized by the City Manager or his/her designee(s) prior to being used by the permittee.
(d) There shall not be a physician located in or around any commercial cannabis business at any time for the purpose of evaluating patients for the issuance of a cannabis recommendation or card where applicable.
(e) Prior to dispensing medicinal cannabis or medicinal cannabis products to any person, a Retailer shall obtain verification from the recommending physician that the person requesting medicinal cannabis or medicinal cannabis products is a qualified patient.
(f) Each commercial cannabis business shall provide the Police Chief or his/her designee(s) with the name, telephone number, both land line and mobile, if available, of an on-site employee or owner to whom emergency notice can be provided at any hour of the day.
(g) Signage and Notices.
(1) In addition to the requirements otherwise set forth in this section, business identification signage for a commercial cannabis business shall conform to the requirements of the Thousand Oaks Municipal Code, including, but not limited to, seeking the issuance of a City sign permit, pursuant to Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 23.
(2) No signs placed on the premises of a commercial cannabis business shall obstruct any entrance or exit to the building or any window.
(3) Each entrance to a commercial cannabis business shall be visibly posted with a clear and legible notice indicating that smoking, ingesting, or otherwise consuming cannabis on the premises or in the areas adjacent to the commercial cannabis business is prohibited.
(4) Business identification signage shall be limited to that needed for identification only. Specific building signage shall be further defined in the Operations Agreement. No commercial cannabis business shall advertise by having a person holding a sign and advertising the business to any passersby, whether such person is on the premises of the commercial cannabis business or elsewhere including, but not limited to, the public right-of-way.
(5) Signage shall not be directly illuminated, internally or externally. No banners, flags, billboards or other prohibited signs may be used at any time.
(6) In accordance with State law and regulations or as stipulated in the regulatory permit, holders of a commercial cannabis business permit shall agree that, as an express and ongoing condition of permit issuance and subsequent renewal, the holder of the permit shall be prohibited from advertising any commercial cannabis business located in the City utilizing a billboard, fixed or mobile, bus shelter, placard, aircraft, or other similar forms of advertising, anywhere in the state. This paragraph is not intended to place limitations on the ability of a commercial cannabis business to advertise in other legally authorized forms, including on the internet, in magazines, or in other similar ways.
(h) Persons under the age of eighteen (18) years shall not be allowed on the premises of a commercial cannabis business. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person to employ any person at a commercial cannabis business who is not at least eighteen (18) years of age. A sign shall be placed at all entrances to the commercial cannabis business stating that no person under the age of eighteen years of age is permitted to enter the premises.
(i) Odor control devices and techniques shall be incorporated in all commercial cannabis businesses to ensure that odors from cannabis are not detectable off-site. Commercial cannabis businesses shall provide a sufficient odor absorbing ventilation and exhaust system so that odor generated inside the commercial cannabis business that is distinctive to its operation is not detected outside of the facility, anywhere on adjacent property or public rights- of-way, on or about the exterior or interior common area walkways, hallways, breezeways, foyers, lobby areas, or any other areas available for use by common tenants or the visiting public, or within any other unit located inside the same building as the commercial cannabis business. As such, commercial cannabis businesses must install and maintain the following equipment, or any other equipment which the Community Development Director or his/her designee(s) determine is a more effective method or technology:
(1) An exhaust air filtration system with odor control that prevents internal odors from being emitted externally;
(2) An air system that creates negative air pressure between the commercial cannabis business's interior and exterior, so that the odors generated inside the commercial cannabis business are not detectable on the outside of the commercial cannabis business.
(j) Background Check. Pursuant to California Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11), which authorizes city authorities to access state and local summary criminal history information for employment, licensing, or certification purposes; and authorizes access to federal level criminal history information by transmitting fingerprint images and related information to the Department of Justice to be transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, every person listed as an owner, manager, supervisor, employee or volunteer, of the commercial cannabis business must submit fingerprints and other information deemed necessary by the Chief of Police or his/her designee(s) for a background check by the Thousand Oaks Police Department. Pursuant to California Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11), which mandates that there be a requirement or exclusion from employment, licensing or certification based on specific criminal conduct on the part of the subject of the record, no person shall be issued a permit to operate a commercial cannabis business or a related work permit unless they have first cleared the background check, as determined by the Chief of Police or his/her designee(s), as required by this section. A fee for the cost of the background investigation, which shall be the actual cost to the City of Thousand Oaks to conduct the background investigation as it deems necessary and appropriate, shall be paid at the time the application for a commercial cannabis business permit is submitted.
(k) Loitering. The owner and/or operator of a commercial cannabis business shall prohibit loitering by persons outside the facility both on the premises and within fifty (50) feet of the premises.
(l) If a commercial cannabis business permittee is operating as a collective or cooperative under Health and Safety Code Section 11362.775, subdivision (a), members of the applicant authorized to possess cannabis shall sign an agreement with the commercial cannabis business which states that members shall not distribute cannabis or cannabis products to non-members or in violation of the "Memorandum for all United States Attorneys," issued by the United States Department of Justice, from James M. Cole, Deputy Attorney General and any other applicable state and federal laws, regulations, or guidelines.
(m) If the commercial cannabis business permittee is operating as a collective or cooperative under Health and Safety Code Section 11362.775, subdivision (a), the commercial cannabis business shall terminate the membership of any member violating any of the provisions of this chapter.
(§ 2, Ord. 1636-NS, eff. December 29, 2017, as amended by § 12, Ord. 1703-NS, eff. August 5, 2022)