For the purposes of this chapter, these words and phrases shall be defined as follows, whether used in the singular or plural, the masculine or feminine.
CANNABIS or MARIJUANA. The meaning set forth in Cal. Business and Professions Code § 19300.5(f), as may be amended.
CITY. The City of Tulare.
COLLECTIVE OR COOPERATIVE CULTIVATION. An association within California, of qualified patients, persons with valid medical marijuana identification cards, and/or qualified and
designated primary care givers of the same, for the purpose of cultivating medicinal marijuana, pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act, the Medical Marijuana Program Act, or the 2015 California Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (hereinafter "MMRSA").
COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA OPERATION. Any commercial cannabis/marijuana activity, as set forth and defined by Cal. Business and Professions Code § 19300.5(k), MMRSA and its implementing regulations.
DELIVERY. The commercial transfer of medical marijuana/cannabis and/or marijuana products by a marijuana dispensary to qualified patients or their caregivers, as well as any technology/electronic platform that facilitates the same, or as otherwise defined and described in the MMRSA, codified at Cal. Business and Professions Code § 19300.5(m) and as may be amended from time to time.
MARIJUANA DISPENSARY or DISPENSARY. Any facility or location, whether fixed or mobile, and any building or structure, where cannabis/marijuana is made available, sold, offered for sale, given, distributed, traded, or otherwise provided to one or more persons.
MARIJUANA PRODUCT(S). Cannabis in the form of plant material or in any form that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate and/or added to another substance or material, including, but not limited to concentrated cannabis, cannabis oil, cannabis wax, any edible, topical, or other product for ingestion or introduction into the body through any means that contains cannabis, cannabinoids, and/or concentrated cannabis in any amount.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA PURPOSE or MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE. The use of cannabis for the purposes set forth in the Compassionate Use Act and the Medical Marijuana Program Act, Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 11362.5 and 11362.7 et seq.
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA PURPOSE or RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE. All uses of cannabis not included within the definition of “medical marijuana use.”
(1995 Code, § 7.48.020) (Ord. 17-12, passed 12-19-2017; Ord. 15-13, passed 1-19-2016; Ord. 05-1999, passed - -2005)