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File #: 23-404    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/22/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/16/2024 Final action:
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Title: Continuation of Urgency Ordinance Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65858 Prohibiting the Establishment of Medical Cannabis Delivery Businesses for an Additional 45 Days, to Include an Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act
Attachments: 1. ATT 1 - Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-601-24, 2. ATT 2 - Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-600-23
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

FROM: David Chantarangsu, Development Services Director

PREPARED BY: Chris Tracy, Senior Planner, Advanced Planning

SUBJECT: Continuation of Urgency Ordinance Pursuant to California
Government Code Section 65858 Prohibiting the Establishment of
Medical Cannabis Delivery Businesses for an Additional 45 Days, to
Include an Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act
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RECOMMENDATION
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Receive the staff report and conduct the public hearing;

Waive full reading and adopt by four-fifths vote Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-601-24 (Attachment 1), entitled: An Interim Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Extending Urgency Ordinance No. U-600-23 Which Instituted A 45-Day Temporary Moratorium on the Establishment or Expansion of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries or Facilities and Mobile Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Within City Limits for an Additional Ten Months and Fifteen Days, Declaring the Urgency Thereof, and Finding An Exemption Under the California Environmental Quality Act extending for ten months and fifteen days the temporary moratorium prohibiting medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within City limits, as read by title only;

Find that Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-601-24 is exempt from CEQA; and

Direct staff to continue to study appropriate modifications to the Murrieta Municipal Code to mitigate the conditions outlined in this staff report and Section 2 of the Urgency Ordinance arising from developing, maintaining, and expanding medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries. The Development Services Director is further directed to report back to the City Council with his findings at least 10 days prior to the expiration of this ordinance.

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