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Adopt resolution directing Director of Development Services to submit the Ordinance amending Title 21 of the LBMC to the California Coastal Commission for a finding of conformance with the Certified Local Coastal Program. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In July 2019, the City Manager provided the City Council with a review of adult-use cannabis business activity in Long Beach since adoption of the City’s regulations in 2018. The City Council direction to staff included a request to review zoning regulations and design requirements applicable to adult-use cannabis businesses and requested that the Planning Commission provide a recommendation to the City Council on any proposed updates to regulations for non-retail businesses. The overall purpose of this effort is to clarify the code, streamline the review process, and create options for compliance as appropriate. On January 16, 2020, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and recommended (with two Commissioners absent - 5-0) that City Council approve the proposed Cannabis Code Amendments and Findings (Attachment A - Findings).
The following provides an overview of each of the proposed amendments to the various Titles of the LBMC. The “red-lined” changes to the Zoning Code are included in Attachment B - Redlined Title 21 Amendments, Attachment C - Redlined Title 5 Amendments, and Attachment D - Redlined Title 8 Amendments.
Zoning Definitions & Land Use - Title 21
Currently, the Zoning Code contains definitions for Cannabis Cultivation and Cannabis Distribution. These definitions, while providing a basis for which to classify adult-use cannabis businesses, do not include the full scope of activities allowed by each business type. The proposed amendments to LBMC Chapter 21.15 are intended to further specify the range of activities common to Cannabis Cultivation and Cannabis Distribution uses. Additionally, the proposed amendments will introduce and define a new land use category known as “Cannabis Distr...
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