LAKEPORT, Calif. – Likes its counterpart in Clearlake, this week the Lakeport Planning Commission will hold a discussion on a proposed ordinance to govern medical marijuana cultivation in the city.

The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

The public hearing on the ordinance is the main point of business at Wednesday’s commission meeting.

The draft ordinance was created by a committee consisting of community members and city staffers formed in February by direction of the Lakeport City Council, as Lake County News has reported.

At its last meeting on April 17, the committee unanimously approved the draft ordinance, according to a report to the commission from Planning Services Manager Andrew Britton.

Britton’s report to the commission said the proposed ordinance does the following:

• restricts the cultivation of medical marijuana in residential areas to detached accessory buildings;
• limits the cultivation area to a maximum of 80 square feet;
• requires security and odor control measures to be in place;
• addresses the proximity of marijuana cultivation activities to schools, parks and childcare facilities; and ‘
• includes other measures intended to address the potential problems associated with the cultivation of medical marijuana.

Britton’s full report and draft ordinance can be seen below.

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050813 Lakeport Planning Commission Agenda Packet