Chapter 5.54
CULTIVATION AND TRANSPORTATION

Sections:

5.54.02    Definitions.

5.54.04    Uses.

5.54.06    Prohibition.

5.54.02 Definitions.

1.    “Medical marijuana dispensaries” or “dispensary” shall mean any location, structure, facility, or vehicle utilized in full or in part as a place at or in which medical marijuana is made available, sold, traded, exchanged or bartered for in any way with or without consideration, made available, located, stored, placed, cultivated and/or distributed.

2.    “Cultivation” shall mean any indoor and/or outdoor marijuana growth and/or cultivation.

3.    “Transportation” shall mean the mobile delivery by any means of marijuana to any location within the City of Norco. (Ord. 1000 Sec. 2, 2015)

5.54.04 Uses.

1.    A medical marijuana dispensary shall not include the following uses, as long as the locations of such uses are otherwise regulated by this Code or applicable law:

a.    A clinic licensed pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 1;

b.    A health care facility licensed pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 2;

c.    A residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illnesses licensed pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 3.01;

d.    A residential care facility for the elderly licensed pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 3.2;

e.    A residential hospice, or a home health agency, licensed pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 8, as long as any such use complies strictly with applicable law including, but not limited to, Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11362.5 et seq. (Ord. 1000 Sec. 2, 2015)

5.54.06 Prohibition.

The City Council of the City of Norco finds and determines that medical marijuana dispensaries and the cultivation and/or transportation of marijuana are prohibited within all zoning districts within the City of Norco. (Ord. 1000 Sec. 2, 2015)