5.10.250 Location and design of cannabis businesses.

Cannabis businesses permitted to engage in testing labs or microbusinesses that include only indoor cultivation, distribution, manufacturing, and retail non-storefront, for cannabis and cannabis products are subject to the following zoning and locational requirements:

(A) All cannabis non-store front retail businesses must be located on property zoned GI (general industrial) and must meet all of the requirements for development in this zone; and

(B) Allowable cannabis businesses shall be located in the GI (general industrial) zoning district and must meet all of the requirements for development in this zoning district. The cannabis businesses must also meet all of the following distance requirements:

(1) Cannabis businesses shall be no closer than six hundred feet of any residentially zoned parcel in the city. The distance between the cannabis business and the residential parcel shall be measured from the outer boundaries of the residential parcel to the first structure on the property seeking the commercial cannabis permit.

(2) Cannabis businesses shall be no closer than six hundred feet from any parcel containing any of the following:

(a) A school providing instruction in kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12, (whether public, private, or charter, including pre-school, transitional kindergarten, and K-12);

(b) A commercial daycare center licensed by the city, county, or state that is in existence at the time the license is issued, unless the state licensing authority or the city specifies a different radius; or

(c) A youth center that is in existence at the time the license is issued, unless the state licensing authority or the city specifies a different radius.

(3) In addition to the separation standards described in subsections (B)(1) and (2) of this section, cannabis businesses in the general industrial zoning district may not locate within the "Southern Buffer Zone" as depicted in Figure 5.10.250.

Figure 5.10.250

(1) Conform with the city's general plan, any applicable specific plans, master plans, and design requirements.

(2) Comply with all applicable zoning and related development standards.

(3) Be constructed in a manner that minimizes odors to surrounding uses, and promotes quality design and construction, and consistency with the surrounding properties.

(4) Be adequate in size and shape to accommodate the yards, walls, fences, parking and loading facilities, landscaping and all items required for the development.

(5) Be served by highways adequate in width and improved as necessary to carry the kind and quantity of traffic such use will generate.

(6) Be provided with adequate electricity, sewerage, disposal, water, fire protection and storm drainage facilities for the intended purpose.