Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Steve Monowitz, Community Development Director
Fred Crowder, Agricultural Commissioner
Subject: Ordinance amending Chapter 5.148 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code regarding commercial cannabis cultivation in the unincorporated area of San Mateo County
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 5.148 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code regarding commercial cannabis cultivation in the unincorporated area of San Mateo County, previously introduced on November 6, 2018 and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
On December 12, 2017, the Board of Supervisors adopted Chapter 5.148 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, which established regulations for commercial cannabis activities and imposed a license requirement for the cultivation of commercial cannabis in the unincorporated area of San Mateo County. The Board of Supervisors subsequently amended the ordinance to require a discretionary, rather than ministerial, license prior to engaging in commercial cannabis cultivation. The Board directed staff to continue to monitor developments in the rapidly-changing commercial cannabis field and to return, as necessary, with modifications to the program.
The existing ordinance allows the County to issue discretionary licenses for mixed-light (i.e., greenhouse) cultivation and greenhouse nursery cultivation operations in areas designated "Agriculture" by the County General Plan, or on lands on which documented agriculture has been conducted for at least three (3) years preceding the adoption of this ordinance. These lands are distributed throughout the Coastal Zone of unincorporated San Mateo County.
The existing ordinance allows lawful delivery of cannabis, with a valid State license, although no physical locations of such delivery services may be loc...
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