Santa Monica

City Council

December 12, 2023 Order of Business 10 #B

Agenda Item B

B. Introduction and First Reading of an Interim Zoning Ordinance Extending Interim Zoning Regulations\nAdopted by Interim Zoning Ordinance 2764 (CCS) to Amend the Text of the Zoning Ordinance to:\n(1) Replace the Term “Medical Marijuana Dispensary” with “Medicinal Cannabis Retailer”; (2)\nRemove Certain Requirements for Medicinal Cannabis Retailers for Consistency with State Law; and\n(3) Permit Medicinal Cannabis Retailers To Deliver, Cultivate, and Sell Adult-Use Cannabis or Adult-\nUse Cannabis Products to Persons 21 Years of Age and Over\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common\nSense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.\n2. Introduce for first reading an Interim Zoning Ordinance extending interim zoning\nregulations adopted by Interim Zoning Ordinance 2764 (CCS) amending the text of the\nZoning Ordinance to replace the term “Medical Marijuana Dispensary” with “Medicinal\nCannabis Retailer”, to remove certain requirements for Medicinal Cannabis Retailers for\nconsistency with State law, and to permit Medicinal Cannabis Retailers to sell adult-use\ncannabis or adult-use cannabis products to persons 21 years of age and over.\nStaff Report Printout\na. Interim Zoning Ordinance Extension\nb. October 24, 2017 Council Meeting Cannabis Interim Zoning Ordinance (Web Link)\nc. February 25, 2020 Council Meeting Cannabis Interim Zoning Ordinance Extension (Web Link)\nd. June 13, 2023 Council Meeting Adult-Use Cannabis Study Session\ne. November 14, 2023 Council Meeting Adult-Use Cannabis Interim Zoning Ordinance (Web Link)