For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE: Means a detached subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main building or to the main use of the land, and which is located in the same or a less restrictive zone on the same lot or parcel of land with the main building or use.
CULTIVATION: Means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of one or more marijuana plants or any part thereof, whether for recreational, medical, or any other use.
DELIVERY: Means the commercial transfer of marijuana or marijuana products to a customer. "Delivery" also includes the use by a dispensary of any technology platform owned and controlled by the dispensary, or independently licensed under this chapter that enables customers to arrange for or facilitate the commercial transfer by a dispensary of marijuana or marijuana products.
DIRECTOR: Means the Community Development Director of the Town of Yucca Valley, or his or her designee.
DISPENSARY: Means a premises where marijuana, marijuana products, or devices for the use of marijuana or marijuana products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers marijuana or marijuana products, whether such marijuana is used for recreational, medical or any other purpose. "Dispensary" also includes any for profit or not-for-profit cooperative, collective, association or similar entity that distributes, dispenses, stores, exchanges, processes, delivers, transmits, gives away , or otherwise makes available marijuana in the Town for any purpose, whether for medical, recreational, commercial, or any other use.
FIRE DEPARTMENT: Means the San Bernardino County Fire Department.
MARIJUANA: Has the same definition as provided for in Business and Professions Code section 19300.5(f) for the term "cannabis", and as may be amended, defined as: all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indicia, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. 'Cannabis' also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from marijuana. 'Cannabis' also means marijuana as defined by Section 11018 of the Health and Safety Code as enacted by Chapter 1407 of the Statutes of 1972. 'Cannabis' 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, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.
MARIJUANA CULTIVATION SITE: Means the private residence, or fully enclosed accessory structure to that residence, at which marijuana cultivation is occurring under the provisions of this chapter, or the property on which the private residence, or fully enclosed accessory structure to that residence, at which an applicant for a personal marijuana cultivation permit proposes to conduct marijuana cultivation.
MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION: Means the procurement, sale, and transport of marijuana and marijuana products between entities licensed by the State of California, whether such marijuana or marijuana products are used for recreational, medical, or any other purposes.
MARIJUANA MANUFACTURING: Means any activity related to conducting the production, preparation, propagation, or compounding of marijuana or marijuana products either directly or indirectly or by extraction methods, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis at a fixed location that packages or repackages marijuana or marijuana products or labels or re-labels its container.
MARIJUANA PRODUCTS: Means marijuana that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product containing marijuana or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.
MARIJUANA TRANSPORTATION: Means the transfer of marijuana or marijuana products from the business location of one State licensee to the business location of another State licensee.
PERSON: Includes any individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
PRIMARY CAREGIVER: Has the same definition as provided for in Health and Safety Code section 11362.7(d), and as may be amended, defined in part as: the individual, designated by a qualified patient or by a person with an identification card, who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, or safety of that patient or person.
PRIVATE RESIDENCE: Has the same definition as provided for in Health and Safety Code section 11362.2(b)(5), and as may be amended, defined as: a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or other similar dwelling.
QUALIFIED PATIENT: Has the same definition as provided for in Health and Safety Code section 11362.7(f), and as may be amended, defined as: a person who is entitled to the protections of Section 11362.5, but who does not have an identification card issued pursuant to this article. (Ord. 268, 7-18-2017; amd. Ord. 284, 5-21-2019)