DATE: January 8, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Daniel C. Cederborg, County Counsel
SUBJECT: Extension of Interim Urgency Ordinance Establishing Moratorium on Nonmedical Cannabis
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider and adopt proposed extension of Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 18-021 through December 5, 2019, pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, prohibiting the possession, planting, cultivation, harvesting, drying, or processing of nonmedical cannabis outdoors on the grounds of a private residence to the fullest extent permitted by State law, and the establishment or operation of a business engaged in commercial cannabis activity, in the unincorporated areas of Fresno County (4/5 vote).
2. Accept and direct staff to issue Report prepared pursuant Government Code section 65858, subdivision (d), describing the measures taken to alleviate the conditions which led to the adoption of Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 18-021.
3. Determine that extension of the Interim Urgency Ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000, et seq., and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the Office of the Fresno County Clerk.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions would allow staff an opportunity to research and develop appropriate proposed regulations for the possession, planting, cultivation, harvesting, drying, or processing of nonmedical cannabis, and the establishment or operation of businesses engaged in commercial nonmedical cannabis activity in all Zoning Districts of Fresno County. The Interim Urgency Ordinance will expire on January 20, 2019. Approval of the Report is required by California Government Code ? 65858, subdivision (d), which requires the legislative body issue the report at least ten (10) days prior to expiration of the Interim Urgency Ordinance. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Determine that the initiation of the proposed exte...
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