513.06 ILLEGAL CULTIVATION OF MARIHUANA.

   (a)   No person shall knowingly cultivate marihuana.

   (b)   This section does not apply to any person listed in Ohio R.C. 2925.03(B)(1) to (3) to the extent and under the circumstances described in those divisions.

   (c)   Whoever commits a violation of subsection (a) hereof is guilty of illegal cultivation of marihuana, a misdemeanor of the first degree.

   (d)   In addition to any other sanction imposed for an offense under this section, the court that sentences an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section may suspend the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit in accordance with division (G) of Ohio R.C. 2925.03. If an offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit is suspended in accordance with that division, the offender may request termination of, and the court may terminate, the suspension in accordance with that division.

   (e)   Forfeiture of property is specifically authorized herein pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2981 et seq. or pursuant to the Codified Ordinances of the City of Youngstown.

(Ord. 09-219. Passed 10-7-09.)