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8.02.040 Personal use indoor cannabis cultivation.

(A) Indoor cannabis cultivation for personal use is permitted within all private residential dwellings and fully enclosed and secure structures on the same property as the private residential dwelling, subject to all of the following minimum standards:

(1) No more than six cannabis plants may be cultivated indoors by either a qualified patient, primary caregiver, or an individual at least twenty-one years old at each private residential dwelling regardless of the number of qualified patients or adults twenty-one and older who reside at such private residential dwelling.

(2) The cultivation area shall not be accessible to minors. The cannabis plants shall be located in a locked space so to prevent access by minor age children, visitors, passersby, or anyone not authorized to possess cannabis.

(3) Any residence or fully enclosed and secure structure used for indoor cannabis cultivation shall have a ventilation and filtration system installed that shall ensure cannabis plant odors are not detectable off-site.

(4) Personal cannabis cultivation occurring on the property shall not be visible from the public right-of-way.

(5) Structures and equipment used for personal cannabis cultivation, such as indoor grow lights, backup power system, irrigation systems, air filtration systems, shall comply with all applicable zoning, building, electrical and fire code regulations as adopted by the city.

(6) All fully enclosed and secure structures used for indoor cannabis cultivation shall comply with the setback, lot coverage and other requirements set forth in Title 19.

(7) Personal cannabis cultivation shall not interfere with the primary occupancy of the building or structure, including regular use of kitchen(s) or bathroom(s).

(8) The use of power generators for cultivation equipment is prohibited, except as an emergency back-up system.

(9) Extension cord use in the cultivation room(s) is prohibited.

(10) Indoor grow lights used for cultivation shall not exceed one thousand two hundred watts per light.

(11) A portable fire extinguisher shall be kept in the fully enclosed and secure structure used for cannabis cultivation that complies with the regulations and standards adopted by the state fire marshal and applicable law. If cultivation occurs in a residence, the portable fire extinguisher shall be kept in the same room as where the cultivation occurs.