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Home My WebLink About25-City Attorney CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION From: JAMES F. PENMAN City Attorney Subject: AN URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 19.06.026 (DEVELOPMENT CODE) AND ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND OTHER SIMILAR USES, DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF, AND TAKING EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. Dept: CITY ATTORNEY Date: March 15, 2007 MCC Date: March 19,2007 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: None. Recommended motion: That said Ordinance be adopted -;;.J-- es F. Penman, City Attorney Contact person: Henry Emoeflo. Jr.. Sf. Deoutv Citv Attornev Phone: 5355 Supporting data attached: Staff Reoort FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: Source: Ward: ALL Council Notes: Finance: Agenda Item No. ;AJ" 2/lll) rJ 7 F:\EMPENO\Ordinances\Urgency Ordinance re medical marijuana ~ RCA.wpd STAFF REPORT Council Meeting Date: March 19.2007 TO: FROM: DATE: AGENDA ITEM: Mayor and Common Council James F. Penman, City Attorney March 15,2007 AN URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 19.06.026 (DEVELOPMENT CODE) AND ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND OTHER SIMILAR USES, DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF, AND TAKING EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. California cities are currently caught in a conflict between federal and state law as to the legality of medical marijuana. Under former state law, all persons were prohibited from obtaining, possessing, or cultivating marijuana for any purpose, including for medical treatment purposes. In 1996, the voters of the State of California approved Proposition 215, which was codified as Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5, and entitled the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 ("CUA"). The intent of Proposition 215 was to enable persons who are in need of medical marijuana for medicinal purposes to obtain and use it under limited, specified circumstances. To clarify the scope of the CUA, the California State Legislature enacted California Senate Bill ("SB") 420 (Health and Safety Code Section 11362.7 et seq.). Under SB 420, California cities and counties adopted and enforced new rules and regulations permitting the use and distribution of marijuana for medicinal purposes. These regulations and rules became known as the Medical Marijuana Program ("MMP") which, among other things enhanced the access of patients and caregivers to medical marijuana through collective, cooperative cultivation projects. Meanwhile, under federal law, marijuana remains classified as a Schedule I drug, which means that it has no recognized medical use. Federal law states that the sale, possession, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana is prohibited (21 U.S.C. gg812 and 841, part of the Controlled Substances Act). Nevertheless, California state courts and the California Attorney General have decided that the CUA and MMP collectively decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under state law. - 1 - F:\EMPENO\Ordinances\Urgency Ordinance re medical marijuana - Staff Report.""",d Case law remains divided on this issue. Federal courts continue to declare the use of marijuana a federal crime. On May 14,2001, in Us. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative (200 I) 532 U.S. 483, the United States Supreme Court held that there was no medical necessity exception to the Controlled Substances Act's prohibition on manufacturing and distributing marijuana. On June 6, 2005, in Gonzales v. Raich (2005) 545 U.S. 1, the United States Supreme Court reiterated the federal prohibition against marijuana when it ruled that the federal Controlled Substances Act is valid even as applied to the intrastate, noncommercial cultivation, possession and use of marijuana for personal medical use on the advice of a physician. Meanwhile, state courts continue to deny any federal preemption claim and instead declare the CUA and MMP valid state law. On September 12, 2005, the California Court of Appeals in People v. Urziceanu (2005) 132 Cal.App.4th 747, held that the Legislature intended to allow the "formation and operation of medical marijuana cooperatives that would receive reimbursement for marijuana and the services provided in conjunction with the provision of that marijuana." The state court again took a conflicting position when on December 6,2006, in the unpublished case of County o/San Diego v. San Diego NORML (2006) Case No. GIC 860665, the California Superior Court for the County of San Diego issued an order that upheld the validity of the CUA and the State's MMP, notwithstanding a claim that the CUA and MMP were pre-empted by federal law. The continuing conflict between federal and state law increasingly wastes taxpayer dollars. As a result, the City of San Bernardino must decide whether, as a land use matter, medical marijuana dispensaries should be permitted, regulated, or prohibited. Some California cities have chosen to regulate the use, but an increasing number have prohibited medical marijuana dispensaries due to its conflict with federal law, while others have prohibited medical marijuana dispensaries on grounds of harmful secondary impacts to the surrounding community. According to a survey conducted by the City of Ontario in September 2006 based on telephone inquiries and information from the League of California Cities (copy attached), 28 California cities allowed medical marijuana dispensaries, while 113 California cities either permanently prohibited them or had imposed a temporary moratorium on them at that time. -2- F:\EMPENO\Ordinances\Urgency Ordinance re medical marijuana - StatTReport.wpd It is clear that the federal government's interpretation is that the possession and use of marijuana remains a violation offederallaw regardless of California's CUA and MMP. As evidence of federal preemption, the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration recently raided several medical marijuana dispensaries in various California cities, despite the state's passage of the CUA. Other cities have researched the impact of medical dispensaries in California. Many of these cities have found that such medical marijuana dispensaries have resulted in negative and harmful secondary effects, including significant increases in traffic, crime and noise. These harmful secondary effects have involved a wide range of activity including burglaries, takeover robberies of dispensaries, robberies of customers leaving dispensaries, an increase in theft and robberies in the vicinity of dispensaries, illegal re-selling of marijuana obtained from dispensaries, physicians issuing apparently fraudulent recommendations for the use of marijuana, dispensary staff selling marijuana to customers with obviously counterfeit patient identification cards, street dealers attempting to sell marijuana to dispensary customers, dispensaries' customers using marijuana and then driving under its influence, the sale of other illegal narcotics other than marijuana in the dispensaries, and sales of marijuana to minors. Until a controlling Federal court rules otherwise, we believe that federal law preempts California state law, and the establishment and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries violates the Federal Controlled Substances Act. Therefore, in order to protect public health, safety and welfare and to comply with federal law, we recommend that the Mayor and Common Council adopt the Urgency Interim Ordinance which establishes a temporary moratorium on the establishment and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries and other similar uses. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, this Urgency Interim Ordinance requires a four- fifths vote of the Council for adoption and is of no further force and effect 45 days from its date of adoption, but it may be extended twice for a total time period of two years. The Urgency Interim Ordinance directs the Development Services Department and the Planning Commission to consider and process a permanent ordinance prohibiting the establishment and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries in the City of San Bernardino. Recommended Motion: That said Ordinance be adopted. - 3 - F:\EMPENO\Ordinances\Urgency Ordinance re medical marijuana. Staff Report.wpd Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in California Cities City -i -- - -- Moratoriums -- I Afb9n'L_ ; ~xpirestAay=2()g~=L An~elsCa~~L ______ ________ i Antioch I expi~,:s_O-,tob.e!_200~_~_ Arroyo~ra~~e___ ~ _.____ x _____~_ A tascadero Auburn -- --_.~-~--_._-_._----- Berkeley ______.____ ____n___________ __l Buellton ---- - Prohibited Allowed x ~--~_ -------------_ -________~__J x +_n__.__ x Carpin!eria___ Ceres __ __0' Chula Vista -- ---~---~---------- t---- ~u_~___ un_~. -~-.~.- ----r-- x ' - --lmllratorlumberng-preparecri--- ------------- , to allow further study of I issue i ..____..j_n__ __n________.._____________ __ __ _ .. ___! x x --.--+ -~ --+-- ---.---.- .. ..- ---- +- ---- n_1 i i_ I I x Citrus Hei~~t.s__ Clear lake x ~- ordinanceaCfoptedtfieif- re~ulates the use i '-ordinance adopted that--- I regulates!_he_u~e Clovis Colma Concord Corona Costa Mesa Davis Dixon Dublin --..- ------ E.I.cajon_ _un_ . EI Cerrito EI Monte ---------- -..- ---------..-- Elk Grove Fairfax--- -- .~ ___~ ~ n_l Fairfield Folsom --i-- x x L x ---f- i ~ r-- x x x x . _ -I~-~ --~- ~---~--- x ----:~_~_=__-=~:~~=:____-x___:-___~-r . x -----~---l~--------------. ~._ _un L__ , ~__ _ _____1 ~ _ ___ __~ ~ _ _ __ ~ _n' ..~___~ J._ _______ _ __ _ __~_ _)(_____ L ___ _ ~ I x ..- ---,.~ --~ x - --L x ___.__ _____L___ CUP in industrial zone; Fort...~~ag~_____ i .________..__ i~ ____ __ u_~_J~~e~alr~~ul_a!io.!1.~.a~OE!e~ Fremont : x I ---. m__ . ______ _ ______--'_~_~___ .___~______~__ __-1-____ _~____~_~_~____~_____ Fresno 'x I GOTt-- m I_ ----x--- -'-m---..----~-~-m-i _____n________ --- ----- "~------' ----~------~-. -----+-~~------_~ ~..____ . ~___I__---m-_~__ _._._ ______________ ~~~~:~ieClch__-~-::~-:=--- -- _)(==~_~-: _~___--------x :_:--=:-__-=__~_~=u--=_==:== u_ . _. ~~~~_I~.~!l ?_a~~~~~_~i--- _._,_________ ~_____________ ___~___~ ______ __ _____ ~___________1________,.___ ____________n_ ___ _.____ Hawthorne , x' i -------~ -.-~--- . ----~ -______.___i~__un___n_~______~ ~._n______ ___ ~__' J-farw(lrd _ ___~_~--- n________ ._J_~n~_x__n____~ I Healdburg I x --....-.-...----- , ---j City --.. -- ------- -----" Hercules .___1____ HermosoBeach -------~._.--_.~-- Hesperia __ ____ _____ Huntington Beoch Indian Wells Indu~trL__ J ac kson La Mirada --------..------ j Lake Forest . --- ._- ---.-- ------------ Lawndale Lemoore Lincoln _____...__.______n______ Livermore .0" _ ________.____ Lompoc Lon~ Beacl1 Los Banos Los Gatos Malibu ------ ---- Manteca .---- -----------..-------- Mari/1City Marina Martinez Merced Mi Ill,Ialle)'- . 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I ---- x . __.__.____..___.u.___n_ --...-. -_><__.._______ 1-.---- - - ------ x -- x-----n ! ----r- - i---- -..-------..-----.-- moratorium extended i .----,--.....-..0--.'__._------------ expires June 2007 - ________ U___'u_ ---------1- ---- I ____J_________ -1 ---...- ------ , x ---------x------------- ----1 ~-- .--~---- ----x------- -1.---------- ----------T .- ----- ------- _ - -- n____~______I-- ------- -----'~Ik;~ed-by~ightj;c~l zo~Z minor CUP in other commercial zones; standards under review with zoning ordinance update . -iiHowedTn-coriJuna,onwltfi' I I Mountain View I , pharmacy use ....---- .-_..--._._-~_._.--+----.--.---- --..-- -.--,----.---- -..4------.--.-....-. ...-------.---.---.- Murrieta ,x I _. ___._.__._ ._______._---;--.._____.____________~____.-----"--__.__m____. ____.____.__..__._ Newark _ _L I x ___n_.____ ----- -~--- I. __u ----~----- -~-T- _______n________________ Newman , x NewportBeach-~-- ------x-~----r-n ~~ -----,--------- ------- ------ Oaklana-----l- - -- -- --~----;---------- ----i- ------x- ---- _________n__ -i u ._______________Lu ---.. _ -- -- --1_____ __n_____ M__~~___ g~~~~;o ----+-- ___<~_I--u- ---1------------------- Millbrae --.--.--.-- -- ----- --- --- ""ilpi_tas__n_ MissionVi~j~ .._ Modesto ___.____._. _.....__ ____.___._____._L ""oorpark I unn ______._____n ----1---- 'un' ________u_____ _____ ><___________ ___L __. _______ x . - ------------------+-- ----- (;UP- incommerciiilzones--- (considered a "clinic" use) --.----- .--.---.-----.--.- ------- IAClrro Bay_ _____ _..______ .___._----L......____. 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I --.;.-- x Pomona Rancho Cordova ------. --""'-'- Redlands __u____n_u__ ._. Redondo Beach Rid~ecres_t Ripon Riverbank ___u_ n______...___ Rocklin __.......__._np__.__ Rohnert Park _________n_ __ _ _m____..._ Rosedale issue -1--- __ x x x x ----l r-- expires April2007T ----..---- --------.- --...--- ......--.------j--------.-------- x x x -- --! x U_ ---- I ----. ______u_ ordinanceado-ptecltnat- I<os,:...i~~___ .__1__ regulates the use ~~~r;~~~r~co: ..-~_~~~=~~_~__~_~~=-=_-~__- n~==__-r~-~n= _~ :-- . ~~_~ ~=_ SanJacint-o ..n__ ----------x---T---.. ......--- -------~---------- _n. --- ~-. .--.- "'"-.-.--------.--+- ---.---.-.----..-- __.__..____.______t_____~_,,____ -------"------.-----"r--.-.~--"--------~-----. San Jose 1 . 'x --- _ --~-----------------~----------+--- ------------. ------ San Leandro : expires November 2006 ' ..._~_____ _._ __ ____ __ __~__ _._ ._.n"_,, _______.__.__,,_._______ ,.____ San Luis Obispo x', 1---.-,,-----.-----. ___..~___ _._____._,,___ ,,___ SMPablo-----! expi~esDecember2006-1. ... --- ..- _n - , _______...______"___ ___ _L_.__________-.___~_ _.._________~_.__ _._,,_______...__~___.__.__ _ _________ _~---. ._ _____.___._ ___.____ San Rafael' i x -1 ~anta!n~~=:m ~~-L~~pjres~~~iitember ?()<J.~_________. ..._____~----~~=--n... __~~n=- Santa Clari ta. x . .______.. _ .._. _____._ ___...._-----'_____________...__.__~_____._._...._ .___-+___ .__.__...".___~_~_._..___~__L____~______,,____~_ _~n_. ____. Santa Cruz I x Santa iAarici---- ---i---expires- March 20()s+-- . ---------y--- .---------- Sa;;-ta R~s~--n-r~--~----- ~ -------i.- ... n___n___ u--r--~---. ------- sausalito-----Tn--expires May 2006m--1~----. __U_ ...--- -T ------. ~~aSide~=~=__=-~i-:~~~=~=i===~ I-~:--~~---- ~~-=~--=----1[~~=---~----=-------_... Sebastopol ! x! ,n_nn__ -- -- ~- - ----------- _ _ _n______ ~______._n___ -------- . ---r- ____un .----~----~--- ~~ . X 1 City_ ____._____""'oratoriums___L__ ~~mi Valley i e~ir_edFe~uarY3006_ Solvang ~_________ So San Francisco Stockton -- - - -------- Susanvi lie -- -------~- --_. Sutter Creek __ ___ ____.____n ___,__________________ _______~___~.__.____.___.___._.__________.____ IemecuICl_____ i __ ____~__ ___:__ ____ Torrance i -- -- -_.,----._---- ------.--._'-,._---------- Truckee i . ..__'__.______n.._______________ Tulare Prohibited Allowed .__ .____n---L x , I indefinite moratorium ____---1-____ x x ---1--..-------.-- x Turlock i I _ _ ----- 1- ______n__ ------! -- t---emergenc)Torall1ance -- -I' ------ I prohibiting facilities pending I further study i mn ------.---- j-mre-rTm orofnllnce-lIrrer--j _n__ --- ---- _un ---- I dispensary opened under the I guise of an herbal remedy i I store x x Tustin --.----f---- , Ukiah ---------------- Union City __ _ _ __ __L___ x -ordiricincesa-doptedfci regulat_e t_hese lJ~es ----.-t --ordinariceadopfecnFiaf regulates the use Visalia Walnut Creek _......- .-- -- WestHo~ywood Whittier Willits ---------...-----.- Windsor x x x expires Octo~er 2006 x Vorba Linda --- ---~-------_._----,- V reka yuba_(;itL - -------:-allowid-l"-conJuncfion-wjffi- I __ __________ __ e~ar_tna_'yu~~___ I x -------- -1----------- x ____un' --1-------------.-------,. ---- -------- -- _ __1___________ ------~-- f --- ---------- ____ __Tota!s_: 73 _ __________ __..____..__...__L 40 i 28 __ _1.____ ______m__n._____ - Sources: California LeclgLJe of Cities ,Americans for S-afeAccess-andT eleph-one Inquiries-c:isoFf/2006 ... 1 ORDINANCE NO. 2 3 AN URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 19.06.026 (DEVELOPMENT 4 CODE) AND ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES 5 AND OTHER SIMILAR USES, DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF, AND TAKING EFFECT IMMEDIA TEL Y. 6 The Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino do ordain as follows: 7 WHEREAS, in 1996, the voters of the State of California approved Proposition 215, which 8 was codified as Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5, et seq. and entitled the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 ("CUA"); and 9 WHEREAS, the intent of Proposition 215 was to enable persons who are in need of medical 1 0 marijuana for medicinal purposes to obtain and use it under limited specified circumstances; and 11 WHEREAS, on May 14, 2001, in u.s. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative (2001) 532 U.S. 483, the United States Supreme Court held that there was no medical necessity exception to 12 the Controlled Substance Act's prohibition on manufacturing and distributing marijuana; and 13 WHEREAS, on January 1,2004, California Senate Bill ("SB") 420 went into effect (Health and Safety Code Section 11362.7, et seq.). SB 420 was enacted by the Legislature to clarify the scope 14 of the CUA and to allow California cities and counties to adopt and enforce rules and regulations consistent with SB 420 and the CUA. These new regulations and rules became known as the Medical 15 Marijuana Program ("MMP"), which, among other things, enhanced the access of patients and caregivers to medical marijuana through collective, cooperative cultivation projects; and 16 WHEREAS, on June 6, 2005, in Gonzales v. Raich (2005) 545 U.S. I, the United States 17 Supreme Court ruled that the federal Controlled Substances Act is valid even as applied to the intrastate, noncommercial cultivation, possession and use of cannabis for personal medical use on the 18 advice of a physician; and 19 WHEREAS, on December 6, 2006, in the unpublished case of County of San Diego v. San Diego NORML (2006) Case No. OlC 860665, the California Superior Court for the County of San 20 Diego issued an order that upheld the validity of the CUA and the State's MMP, notwithstanding the claim that the CUA and MMP were pre-empted by federal law; and 21 22 WHEREAS, the County of San Diego has indicated that it intends to appeal the trial court decision; and 23 WHEREAS, these collective case decisions reveal a conflict between federal and state law as to the legality of the CUA, the MMP, and consequently, medical marijuana dispensaries; and WHEREAS, the city must now, in the face of continuing conflict between state and federal law, decide for itself whether, as a land use matter, medical marijuana dispensaries should be permitted, regulated or prohibited; and 24 25 26 III 27 28 I F:\EMPENOIOrdinances\Urgency Ordinance re te\1llOrary m:l1itorium - medical marijuana.wpd 1 WHEREAS, the Mayor and Common Council hereby specifically finds as follows: 2 a. The sale, possession, cultivation, and distribution of cannabis is prohibited by federal law, specifically 21 U.S.c. ~~ 812 and 841, part of the Controlled Substances Act; 3 b. Marijuana continues to be a prohibited Schedule I drug under the Controlled 4 Substance Act for which there is no legally accepted medical use; 5 c. Cities in California continue to receive mixed messages from the state and federal governments regarding the legality of marijuana for medicinal purposes and the establishment and 6 operation of medical marijuana dispensaries. This confusion has increasingly led to wasted taxpayer dollars as cities have been caught in the middle. Recently, the Federal Drug Enforcement 7 Administration raided several medical marijuana dispensaries in various California cities, despite the state's passage of the CUA. 8 d. Beyond the legality issue, several California cities that have permitted the 9 establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries have found that such medical marijuana dispensaries have resulted in negative and harmful secondary effects, including significant increases in traffic, 10 crime, and noise. 11 e. These harmful secondary effects have involved a wide range of activity including burglaries, takeover robberies of dispensaries, robberies of customers leaving dispensaries, an increase 12 in theft and robberies in the vicinity of dispensaries, illegal re-selling of marijuana obtained from dispensaries, physicians issuing apparently fraudulent recommendations for the use of marijuana, 13 dispensary staff selling marijuana to customers with obviously counterfeit patient identification cards, street dealers attempting to sell marijuana to dispensary customers, dispensary customers using 14 marijuana and then driving under its influence, the sale of other illegal narcotics other than marijuana in the dispensaries, sales of marijuana to minors; and 15 f. For these reasons and those provided during the hearing on this Ordinance, the 16 Mayor and Common Council finds that the adoption of the Urgency Interim Ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on the establishment and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries and 17 other similar uses is necessary to both protect the public health, safety and welfare and to comply with federal law. 18 NOW THEREFORE, THEMA YORAND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 19 SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 20 Section 1. San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 19.06.026 (Development Code) is hereby added to read as follows: 21 19.06.026 Other Prohibited Uses 22 (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision( s) in any other section of the San Bernardino Municipal Code, including the Development Code, no Conditional Use Permit, Development Permit, Building Permit, Certificate of Occupancy or Zoning Verification Review (also referred to as "Zoning Consisting Review"), shall be issued or granted for the establishment or operation of a medical marijuana dispensary or similar use. As used in this section, the following definitions apply: I. "Marijuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted 23 24 25 26 (B) 27 28 2 F:\EMPENO\Ordinances\Urgency Ordinance re temporary TOOritoriwn - medical marijuana.wpd 1 from any part of the plant; and every compound manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It includes marijuana infused in foodstuff. It does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seeds of the plant incapable of germination. 2 3 4 5 6 2. "Medical marijuana dispensary" means any business, association, cooperative, club, coop, delivery service, collective, and any other similar use involved in the sale, possession, cultivation, use, and/or distribution of marijuana for medicinal purposes; sometimes commonly referred to as a "medical marijuana clinic." 7 8 9 Section 2: This Ordinance is based upon the recitals and findings set forth above, and the 1 0 accompanying Staff Report and its attachments to this Ordinance, and is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the City of San Bernardino in Article II, Section 7 of the California Constitution, 11 Article III, Section 31 of the Charter of the City of San Bernardino, and California Government Code Section 65858. 12 Section 3: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately and be of no further force and 13 effect 45 days from its date of adoption unless extended by action of the Mayor and Common Council. 14 Section 4: During the effective time period of this Ordinance, the Development Services Department and the Planning Commission are hereby directed to consider and process a permanent 15 ordinance prohibiting the establishment and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries and other similar uses in the City of San Bernardino. 16 Section 5: Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act. The Mayor 17 and Common Council finds that this ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably 18 foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060( c )(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, 19 Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. 20 Section 6: Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase 21 in this ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effecti-:eness of 22 the remaining portions ofthis ordinance or any part thereof. The Mayor and Common Councll hereby declares that it would have been adopted each section irrespective of the fact that anyone or more 23 subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional, invalid, or ineffective. 24 25 III 26 27 28 3 F:\EMPENO\OrdinancesIUrgency Ordinance re temporary moritoriwn - medical marijuana.v.pd I 1 AN URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 19.06.026 (DEVELOPMENT 2 CODE) AND ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND 3 OTHER SIMILAR USES, DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF, AND TAKING EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. 4 5 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and 6 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the _day 7 of ,2007, by the following vote, to wit: 8 9 COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES NAYS 10 ESTRADA 11 BAXTER 12 BRINKER 13 DERRY 14 KELLEY 15 JOHNSON 16 MC CAMMACK 17 ABSTAIN ABSENT 18 Rachel Clark, City Clerk 19 20 The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this _ day of ,2007. 21 22 PATRJCKJ. MORRJS Mayor City of San Bernardino 23 Approved as to form: 24 25 JAMES F. PENMAN City Attorney 26 f.~ 27 28 4 F:\EMPENO\Ordinances\Urgency Ordinance re telI1Xlrary moritorium. medical marijuana.wpd