Today at 2pm: SF Board of Supes Discusses Medical Cannabis Guidelines

Board of Supervisors
City and County of San Francisco
Legislative Chamber - Second Floor
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

AGENDA
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
2:00 PM

Regular Meeting

AARON PESKIN, PRESIDENT
MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER, TOM AMMIANO, CHRIS DALY,
BEVAN DUFTY, SEAN ELSBERND, FIONA MA, SOPHIE MAXWELL,
JAKE McGOLDRICK, ROSS MIRKARIMI, GERARDO SANDOVAL
Gloria L. Young, Clerk of the Board


[Medical cannabis guidelines and medical cannabis
dispensary zoning and permitting]
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by
amending Sections 209.3, 217, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714,
715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725,
726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815,
816, 817, and 818, and by adding Sections 790.141, and
890.131, to: define medical cannabis dispensaries;
prohibit dispensaries in residential-house
residential-mixed zoning districts, industrial
districts, and certain mixed use districts; prohibit
new medical cannabis dispensaries in neighborhood
commercial cluster (NC-1) districts; permit
dispensaries elsewhere subject to restrictions based
on a dispensary's proximity to schools, community
centers, and facilities providing substance abuse
services that are licensed or certified by the State
of California or funded by the Department of Public
Health; require adequate ventilation in dispensaries;
prohibit the sale or distribution of alcohol at
dispensaries; require Planning Department notice to
interested individuals and properties within 300 feet
of proposed dispensaries; require the Planning
Commission to hold a discretionary review hearing on
each medical cannabis dispensary application; require
dispensaries operating as of April 1, 2005 to obtain a
permit within 18 months of the effective date of this
legislation or must cease operations; require
dispensaries beginning operation after April 1, 2005
but before the effective date of this legislation to
cease operations; require a notice that permits for
dispensaries are not intended to and do not authorize
the violation of State or Federal law; and make
environmental findings and findings of consistency
with the priority policies of Planning Code Section
101.1 and the General Plan;
Amending the San Francisco Health Code by adding
Sections 3200 through 3220, to: set medical cannabis
possession guidelines; require a permit, business
license, and business registration certificate for a
medical cannabis dispensary; set out the application
process for a medical cannabis permit; set out
operating requirements for medical cannabis
dispensaries including signage and advertising
requirements; and set out the administrative process
for imposing penalties and/or permit suspension or
revocation for violations;
Amending the San Francisco Traffic Code by amending
Sections 53 and 132, to create an infraction for
double parking in front of a medical cannabis
dispensary and set the fine at $100; and,
Amending the San Francisco Business and Tax
Regulations Code by amending Section 1 to add Sections
1.177 to authorize the Department of Health to issue
medical cannabis dispensary permits.


[Setting a permit application fee and an annual
license fee for medical cannabis dispensaries]
Supervisor Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code to
add Section 3204 setting an application fee for a
medical cannabis dispensary permit and amending the
Business and Tax Regulations Code to add Section
249.17 to provide for an annual license fee for
permitted medical cannabis dispensaries.

7. 051748
[Medical cannabis dispensary application fee increase
and adjustment of application and annual license fees
based on changes in CPI] Supervisor Mirkarimi
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code to
amend Section 3204 to provide for adjustments of the
application fee for medical cannabis dispensary
permits based on changes to the consumer price index
and amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to
amend Section 249.17 to provide for adjustments in the
medical cannabis dispensaries annual license fees
based on changes to the consumer price index.


10/25/2005, CONTINUED. Continued to November 15, 2005



Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST
READING?

Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight
Committee





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