AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13, "LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE," ARTICLE III, "ZONING REGULATIONS," DIVISION 2, "ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS," BY AMENDING SECTION 13-321, "MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTERS," BY RENAMING IT "MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTERS AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES" IN ORDER TO UPDATE THIS SECTION TO COMPORT WITH RECENT CHANGES TO STATE LAW; PROVIDING FOR APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, AND PROCEDURES FOR DENIAL AND REVOCATION. (SECOND READING)(PUBLIC HEARING)
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BACKGROUND:
This item was approved on First Reading at the January 11, 2018, City Commission Meeting.
In November of 2016, voters in the State of Florida approved an amendment to the Florida Constitution, titled "Use of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions," commonly referred to as Amendment 2. As approved, this amendment further legalizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes throughout the State for those individuals with specified "debilitating" conditions. The amendment also authorized the cultivation, processing, distribution and sale of marijuana and related activities by licensed "Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers." In an effort to be proactive in the City's approach to addressing this issue, the City Commission approved comprehensive regulations for all Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers on April 13, 2017.
DISCUSSION:
Since the approval of these regulations, state legislation was passed that provided that Medical Marijuana Dispensaries must be treated the same as pharmacies. This new legislations has made it necessary to prepare amendments to Section 13-321 "Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers," so that our regulations are consistent with the state's regulations. The City's adopted regulations addressed the industry under the single definition of "Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers," which includes everything from cultivation/processing to dispensing. The state legislation ...
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