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Home My WebLink About08102026 City Council Laydown - Marijuana EstablishmentsLaydown from City Administration regarding Ordinance 2026-007 on 8/10/26 CC meeting Amendment: I move to amend 15.10.226 (H)(2) by striking “in an application submitted after March 1, 2026,” from the ﬁrst line and adding a ﬁnal sentence that says, “The buffer prohibitions codiﬁed by Ordinance 2026-XXX do not apply to the marijuana establishments lawfully operating on or before March 1, 2026.” Current wording: A Mmarijuana establishments shall in an application submitted after March 1, 2026 must not to be located within 500 feet of the entrance of any building where religious ceremonies are regularly held, a correctional facility, recreational facility or youth center licensed by the state or local government, park zone, playground, athletic ﬁeld, community center, licensed childcare facility, housing facility owned by a public housing authority, homeless and transient shelter, habilitative care facility, or within 1,000 feet of any school. The distance speciﬁed in this subsection must be measured by the shortest pedestrian route from the public entrance of the building in which the licensed premises would be located to the outer parcel boundaries of the school, recreation or youth facility or to the main public entrance of the building in which religious services are regularly held, or the correctional facility. The burden of proof demonstrating that the facility meets the required separation distances is the responsibility of the marijuana establishment owner or operator. Proposed wording: “A marijuana establishment must not Marijuana establishments shall not to be located within 500 feet of the entrance of any building where religious ceremonies are regularly held, a correctional facility, recreational facility or youth center licensed by the state or local government, park zone, playground, athletic ﬁeld, community center, licensed childcare facility, housing facility owned by a public housing authority, homeless and transient shelter, habilitative care facility, or within 1,000 feet of any school. The distance speciﬁed in this subsection must be measured by the shortest pedestrian route from the public entrance of the building in which the licensed premises would be located to the outer parcel boundaries of the school, recreation or youth facility or to the main public entrance of the building in which religious services are regularly held, or the correctional facility. The burden of proof demonstrating that the facility meets the required separation distances is the responsibility of the marijuana establishment owner or operator. The buffer prohibitions codiﬁed by Ordinance 2026- ___ do not apply to the marijuana establishments lawfully operating on or before March 1, 2026.”