City of Gainesville - File #: 150395.

• File #: 150395.
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/1/2015
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 11/5/2015
• Final action: 11/19/2015
• Title: DEFINING AND ALLOWING MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS (B) Ordinance No. 150395, Petition PB-15-80 TCH An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Land Development Code (Chapter 30 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances) to allow Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, as defined in this ordinance, as a permitted use in certain zoning districts; by amending Section 30-23 to add definitions; by amending the following zoning districts to add Medical Marijuana Dispensaries as a permitted use by right: Office Residential District (OR), General Office District (OF), General Business District (BUS), Mixed-Use Low Intensity District (MU-1), Mixed-Use Medium Intensity District (MU-2), Urban Mixed-Use District 1 (UMU-1), Urban Mixed-Use District 2 (UMU-2), Central City District (CCD), Medical Services District (MD), and Corporate Park District (CP); providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; ...

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/19/2015	3	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
11/5/2015	2	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass

title
DEFINING AND ALLOWING MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS (B)

Ordinance No. 150395, Petition PB-15-80 TCH

An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Land Development Code (Chapter 30 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances) to allow Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, as defined in this ordinance, as a permitted use in certain zoning districts; by amending Section 30-23 to add definitions; by amending the following zoning districts to add Medical Marijuana Dispensaries as a permitted use by right: Office Residential District (OR), General Office District (OF), General Business District (BUS), Mixed-Use Low Intensity District (MU-1), Mixed-Use Medium Intensity District (MU-2), Urban Mixed-Use District 1 (UMU-1), Urban Mixed-Use District 2 (UMU-2), Central City District (CCD), Medical Services District (MD), and Corporate Park District (CP); providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT

This ordinance will amend the Land Development Code to define and allow "Medical Marijuana Dispensaries" in certain zoning districts. In 2014 the Legislature of the State of Florida enacted the "Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014" (codified in Section 381.986, Florida Statutes), which authorizes physicians licensed under Chapter 458 or Chapter 459 of the Florida Statutes to order low-THC cannabis for specified patients. Amongst other restrictions, the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014 provides that a physician may only order low-THC cannabis for a patient suffering from cancer or a physical medical condition that chronically produces symptoms of seizures or severe and persistent muscle spasms and only if no other satisfactory alternative treatment options exist for that patient...