(A) No person shall buy, possess, or use that substance commonly known as “marijuana” in the City.
(B) A person convicted of criminal possession of marijuana in an amount the aggregate weight of which does not exceed 15 grams is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 and by imprisonment for not more than 30 days in jail. The minimum fine must be imposed as a condition of every suspended or deferred sentence.
(C) As used in this section, MARIHUANA shall mean all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; and resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted therefrom, fiber, oil, cake or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.
(D) A person convicted of possession of less than 15 grams of marijuana, and who has never been previously arrested or convicted for a criminal offense involving controlled substances, shall, upon a plea of “guilty,” have the right to be placed on nonsupervised probation for a period of six months.
(Ord. 1391, passed 9-8-03)