Agenda Item Title:
21OA003 - Ordinance Amendment to Adopt Comprehensive Zoning Regulations for Medical Cannabis Establishments by Amending Title 17 of the Rapid City Municipal Code
Origination Group:
Planning Commission
Origination Meeting Date:
09/09/2021
Stage 2 Group Name:
Legal & Finance Committee
Stage 2 Meeting Date:
09/29/2021
City Council First Reading Date:
09/20/2021
City Council Second Reading Date:
10/04/2021
Petitioner:
City of Rapid City
Staff Contact:
Vicki L. Fisher, Current Planning Manager
Agenda Item Summary:
Pursuant to SDCL 34-20G, the City of Rapid City is allowed to regulate the time, place, manner and number of medical cannabis establishments within the City. Medical cannabis establishments include:1) Dispensary-an enterprise, whether for profit or not, that acquires, possesses, stores, delivers, transfers, transports, sells, supplies, or dispenses cannabis, cannabis products, paraphernalia, or related supplies;2) Cultivation Facility-an enterprise, whether for profit or not, that carries on any activity involving the planting, growing, cultivation, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or griming of cannabis for the purpose of sale to others; 3) Manufacturing Facility-an enterprise, whether for profit or not, that carries on any activity involving the compounding, blending, extracting, infusing, or otherwise making or preparing of a cannabis product; and,4) Testing Facility-an enterprise, whether for profit or not, that undertakes any analysis to examine or determine the potency or safety of cannabis or cannabis products. The proposed Ordinance before you is intended to balance the varied interests and lessen any potentially deleterious effects on neighboring properties for what will be a new use of property within the City of Rapid City. The proposed Ordinance sets forth regulations for operation, location of the establishments and appropriate zoning districts for each use.
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Recommendations:
Origination Recommendation Action:
Approve
Origination Recommendation Notes:
Planning Commission Approved with minor revision: 9/9/2021; Legal and Finance Committee approved 1st reading: 9/15/2021; Legal and Finance Committee approved 2nd reading: 9/29/2021
City Council Recommendation Action:
Approve
City Council Recommendation Notes:
City Council approved 1st reading: 9/20/2021; City Council approved 2nd reading (9-1) w/ Evans voting no: 10/4/2021