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Shasta County Supervisors will consider on Tuesday a zoning amendment to prohibit medical marijuana delivery services.
Along with the amendment to ban delivery services from operating in unincorporated areas of the county, supervisors will also consider adopting a zoning permit system for private cultivation of medical marijuana. The permit to grow medical marijuana, in a code-approved structure like a greenhouse, would be obtained from Shasta County Resource Management, and would likely be a two-year permit with the option for additional renewals.
County documents refer to a March 1 deadline in last year's Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act as the reason for the proposed amendments. On Jan. 28 state lawmakers passed emergency legislation to fix the March deadline. That legislation is currently on the governor's desk.
If the March deadline had not been modified, cities and counties could have found themselves under the authority of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Shasta County's own ordinance did not explicitly mention regulation of medical marijuana delivery services.
County officials did not waste any time with its proposed amendment, directing staff to investigate and draft changes to existing zoning plans at the first board meeting of the year. Shasta County Planning Commissioners voted to send the resolution to the supervisors for a public hearing and adoption.
The proposed ban on delivery services would not impact primary caregivers who provide medical marijuana to qualified patients if they are in compliance with county code.
Shasta County Supervisors meet Tuesdayat 9 a.m. in the supervisors chambers at 1450 Court Street in Redding.
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Along with the amendment to ban delivery services from operating in unincorporated areas of the county, supervisors will also consider adopting a zoning permit system for private cultivation of medical marijuana. The permit to grow medical marijuana, in a code-approved structure like a greenhouse, would be obtained from Shasta County Resource Management, and would likely be a two-year permit with the option for additional renewals.
County documents refer to a March 1 deadline in last year's Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act as the reason for the proposed amendments. On Jan. 28 state lawmakers passed emergency legislation to fix the March deadline. That legislation is currently on the governor's desk.
If the March deadline had not been modified, cities and counties could have found themselves under the authority of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Shasta County's own ordinance did not explicitly mention regulation of medical marijuana delivery services.
County officials did not waste any time with its proposed amendment, directing staff to investigate and draft changes to existing zoning plans at the first board meeting of the year. Shasta County Planning Commissioners voted to send the resolution to the supervisors for a public hearing and adoption.
The proposed ban on delivery services would not impact primary caregivers who provide medical marijuana to qualified patients if they are in compliance with county code.
Shasta County Supervisors meet Tuesdayat 9 a.m. in the supervisors chambers at 1450 Court Street in Redding.
News Moderator: Robert Celt 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: California County To Consider Ban On Medical Marijuana Delivery Services
Author: Nathan Solis
Photo Credit: None Found
Website: Record Searchlight
