LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week will hold its first hearing on a proposed ordinance to govern how medical marijuana cultivation is handled in the city.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The meeting’s consent agenda – which includes items considered routine and noncontroversial the council acts on at one time, usually without discussion – include ordinances, warrant registers from May 9 and 15, and minutes from the May 7 council meeting.
Planning Services Manager Andrew Britton will present to the council the proposed marijuana cultivation ordinance, which resulted from the work of a committee of community members and city staff the council directed be formed earlier this year. It can be found in the agenda packet below, beginning on page 23.
Britton reported that the committee met four times in March and April, eventually voting unanimously at an April 17 meeting to forward the document to the Lakeport Planning Commission for consideration.
On May 8 the planning commission voted unanimously to recommended the city council adopt the ordinance with some revisions, according to Britton.
He said the proposed ordinance “restricts the cultivation of medical marijuana in residential zoning districts to detached, enclosed and secure 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.”
If the council accepts the draft ordinance’s first reading, a second reading is tentatively scheduled for the council’s meeting on Tuesday, June 18.
Also on Tuesday, the council will designate a voting delegate for the League of California Cities annual conference, which will be held in Sacramento Sept. 18-20.
The council also will host a closed session to discuss one case of anticipated litigation.
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