§ 19.27.020. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

Commercial marijuana activity includes cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, labeling, transportation, distribution, delivery, or sale of marijuana, marijuana accessories, or marijuana products.

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

Delivery means the commercial transfer of marijuana or marijuana products to a customer. "Delivery" also includes the use by a retailer of any technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer, or independently licensed under California law, that enables customers to arrange for or facilitate the commercial transfer by a licensed retailer of marijuana or marijuana products.

Distribution means the procurement, sale, and transport of marijuana or marijuana products between entities for commercial use purposes.

Licensee means the holder of any state-issued license related to marijuana activities.

Manufacture means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a marijuana product.

Marijuana means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part thereof; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. "Marijuana" does not include:

(1)

Industrial hemp, as defined in Section 11018.5 of the California Health and Safety Code; or

(2)

The weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other products.

Marijuana accessories means any equipment, products, or materials of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, smoking, vaporizing, or containing marijuana, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana or marijuana products into the human body.

Marijuana products means marijuana 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 marijuana or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.

Medical marijuana dispensary means any collective, cooperative, dispensary, or association of any kind that distributes, dispenses, stores, exchanges, processes, delivers, makes available, transmits, or gives away marijuana for medicinal purposes pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code.

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

Private residence means a house, apartment unit, mobile home, or other similar dwelling.

Sale includes any transaction whereby, for any consideration, title to marijuana is transferred from one person to another, and includes the delivery of marijuana or marijuana products pursuant to an order placed for the purchase of the same and soliciting or receiving an order for the same, but does not include the return of marijuana or marijuana products to the licensee from whom such marijuana or marijuana product was purchased.

Any term defined in this section also means the very term as defined in the California Business and Professions Code or the California Health and Safety Code, unless otherwise specified.

( Ord. No. 949-2016, § 2, 11-7-2016 )