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Title 17C
Chapter 17C.347
Section 17C.347.030
 

Title 17C Land Use Standards

Chapter 17C.347 Regulations for State-Licensed Marijuana Producers, Processors and Retailers

Section 17C.347.030 Regulations for State-Licensed Marijuana Producers, Processors and Retailers

  1. City Zoning.

    1. State-Licensed Marijuana Producers, Processors and Retailers.

      1. No person may conduct business within the City of Spokane as a state-licensed marijuana producer, processor or retailer unless they are located within the CC2, CC3, CB, GC, DTC, DTG, DTU, DTS, LI, HI and PI Zones in accordance with Title 17 SMC and licensed under this chapter. A state-licensed marijuana producer or processor is classified as a Manufacturing and Production land use as described in chapter 17C.190 SMC, Use Category Descriptions. Manufacturing and Production uses are limited as provided in Table 17C.120.100-1, Table 17C.130.100-1, and Table 17C.124.100-1. In Table 17C.122.070-1, for Center and Corridor Zones, a state-licensed marijuana producer or processor is classified as a Limited Industrial land use and is subject to the standards for a Limited Industrial use. A state-licensed marijuana retailer is classified as a Retail Sales and Service land use as described in chapter 17C.190 SMC, Use Category Descriptions. In Table 17C.122.070-1, for Center and Corridor Zones, a state-licensed marijuana retailer is classified as a Commercial land use and is subject to the standards for a Commercial use.

      2. A state-licensed marijuana producer, processor or retailer may not be located within one thousand feet of the perimeter of the grounds of any of the following entities. The owner or operator of the state-licensed marijuana producer, processor or retailer shall have the responsibility to demonstrate that the state-licensed marijuana producer, processor or retailer is not within the one thousand foot perimeter:

        1. elementary or secondary school;

        2. playground;

        3. recreational center or facility;

        4. child care center;

        5. public park;

        6. public transportation center;

        7. library; or

        8. any game arcade where admission is not restricted to persons age twenty-one or older.

  2. Waste products shall be disposed of in a secure manner that would prevent exposure to the public or create a nuisance.

  3. Measurement.

    1. The measurement of the separation distance in subsection A(1)(b) above shall be measured as the shortest straight line distance from the property line of the production and processing facility, retail outlet or collective garden to the property line of the entities listed in subsection A(1)(b).

    2. A protected use specified in subsection A(1)(b) above shall not benefit from the separation requirements of this subsection if the use chooses to locate within the required separation distance from a lawfully located production or processing facility, collective garden or retailer outlet.

Date Passed: Monday, May 18, 2015

Effective Date: Thursday, July 16, 2015

ORD C35259 Section 7