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For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

“Cannabis” means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. “Cannabis” also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis. “Cannabis” includes cannabis that is used for medical, adult use, or other purposes. “Cannabis” 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 the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. “Cannabis” also does not include industrial hemp, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 11018.5.

“Cannabis product” means cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product containing cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.

“Commercial cannabis activity” means the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of cannabis and cannabis product for medical, adult use, or any other purpose and includes the activities of any business licensed by the state under California Business and Professions Code Division 10, or any provision of state law that regulates the licensing of cannabis businesses. Commercial cannabis activity does not include the cultivation, possession, storage, manufacturing, or transportation of cannabis by a qualified patient for his or her personal medical use so long as the qualified patient does not provide, donate, sell or distribute cannabis to any other person. Commercial cannabis activity also does not include the cultivation, possession, storage, manufacturing, transportation, donation or provision of cannabis by a primary caregiver, exclusively for the personal medical purposes of no more than five specified qualified patients for whom he or she is the primary caregiver, but who does not receive remuneration for these activities except for compensation in full compliance with California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.765.

“Commercial cannabis use” means the use of any property for commercial cannabis activity.

“Compassionate Use Act” means the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), codified as California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5.

“Concentrated cannabis” means manufactured cannabis that has undergone a process to concentrate one or more active cannabinoids, thereby increasing the product’s potency. Resin from granular trichomes from a cannabis plant is a concentrate.

“Cultivation” means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.

“Delivery” means the commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer. “Delivery” also includes the use by a retailer of any technology platform.

“Distribution” means the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between entities licensed under California Business and Professions Code Division 10, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“Fully enclosed and secure structure” means a space that satisfies all of the following criteria: (1) it is located within a private residence, or an accessory structure (e.g., greenhouse) located upon the grounds of a private residence; (2) it has a complete roof enclosure supported by connecting walls extending from the ground to the roof; (3) it is secure against unauthorized entry; (4) it provides complete visual screening; (5) it is accessible only through one or more lockable doors; (6) it is inaccessible to minors; and (7) it meets all applicable building and zoning code regulations.

“Indoors” means within a fully enclosed and secure structure.

“Manufacture” means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a cannabis product.

“MAUCRSA” means the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act as codified in Business and Professions Code Division 10, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“Outdoors” means any location that is not within a fully enclosed and secure structure.

“Person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, collective, cooperative, nonprofit, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular.

“Primary caregiver” shall have the same meaning as is defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.7(d), as the same may be amended from time to time.

“Private residence” means a house, an apartment unit, mobile home, or other similar dwelling that is lawfully used as a residence.

“Qualified patient” means a person who is entitled to the protections of California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5, as the same may be amended from time to time, but who does not have an identification card. (Ord. 706 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019).