August 31, 2017
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, HDFP, Director
Development Services Division
THROUGH: MIKE SANCHEZ, AICP, Assistant Director
Development Services Division
BONIQUE EMERSON, AICP, Planning Manager
Development Services Division
BY: BRUCE BARNES, Project Manager
Development Services Division
SUBJECT
Title
HEARING to consider Text Amendment Application No. TA-17-006 and the related environmental finding to address recreational marijuana operations, dispensaries, sales, and public consumption by prohibiting them in all zone districts within the City, with the exception of laboratory testing in industrial districts
1. Recommend approval of Environmental Assessment No. TA-17-006 prepared for this matter approving a Finding of No Possibility pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the Environmental Quality Act Guidelines
2. Recommend approval of the adoption of Text Amendment Application No. TA-17-006
Body
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Council adopted Resolution No. 2017-175 on June 22, 2017, to initiate this text amendment. Text Amendment Application No. TA-17-006 proposes to add Section 15-2739.1 to the Municipal Code which pertains to recreational marijuana regulations. The amendment specifically proposes to a) define "Marijuana", "Marijuana Dispensary", a "Commercial Marijuana Operation" and "Consumption of Marijuana", b) prohibit "consumption of marijuana" in public, c) prohibit "marijuana dispensaries" in all zone districts in the City and d) prohibit "commercial marijuana operations" in all zone districts in the City, with the exception of laboratory testing in industrial districts.
BACKGROUND
This text amendment defines Marijuana, Marijuana Dispensaries, and Commercial Marijuana Operations, and prohibits the consumption of marijuana in public, and prohibits recreational marijuana dispensaries and commercial marijuana operations in all zone districts in the City of Fresno. There is, however, an exception that l...
Click here for full text