Mendocino County Unincorporated, California · General provision

Sec. 20.243.050(B)

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
youth-oriented facility, school, park, churchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached., residential treatment facility
Applies within
600 ft
Geographic extent
Unincorporated areas of Mendocino County inland of the coastal zone

Uses

Prohibited1

  • Cannabis facilities in all zoning districts except as allowed by this Chapter

Extracted standards

10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Business offices for cannabis

    Business offices for cannabis at which no cultivation, processing, storage, handling, or distribution of cannabis in any form occurs shall be allowed in any zone in which business offices are allowed.

  • Distribution licenses shall be allowed in any zoning district as an accessory use to other cannabis facilities on the site, subject to the limitations of paragraph (E) of section 20.243.040.

  • Minimum distance from sensitive uses (standard)600 ft

    Cannabis facilities other than Manufacturing Level 2 (Volatile) or Microbusinesses with a cultivation site shall not be allowed within a six-hundred-foot radius of a youth-oriented facility, a school, a park, or any church or residential treatment facility...

  • Minimum distance from sensitive uses (Manufacturing Level 2 and Microbusiness with cultivation)1,000 ft

    Manufacturing Level 2 (Volatile) facilities and Microbusinesses with a cultivation site shall not be allowed within one thousand (1,000) feet of such places or facilities.

  • Non-Storefront Retail locations shall be permitted in any zoning district as an accessory use to a cultivation site under application review or permitted pursuant to Chapters 10A.17 and 20.242.

  • Permanent building required

    All cannabis facilities shall be located in a permanent building in conformance with the California Building Code as adopted by Mendocino County for a commercial or industrial building, as applicable, and shall not be located in a dwelling unit, recreational vehicle, cargo container, motor vehicle or other similar personal property, except as provided for by Mendocino County Code Chapter 20.156 or Chapter 20.160.

  • Prohibition except as allowed

    The processing, manufacturing, testing, dispensing, retailing and distributing of cannabis is prohibited in all zoning districts in Mendocino County governed by Division I of this Title, except as allowed by this Chapter.

  • Security measures required

    Cannabis facilities shall implement the following security measures: (1) Sufficient security measures to both deter and prevent unauthorized entrance into areas containing cannabis or cannabis products and theft of cannabis or cannabis products. (2) Security measures to prevent individuals from remaining on the premises of the facility if they are not engaging in activity expressly related to the operations of the facility. (3) Establishing limited access areas accessible only to authorized personnel. (4) Storing all cannabis and cannabis products in a secured and locked room, safe, or vault and in a manner sufficient to prevent diversion, theft, and loss. (5) Diversion, theft, loss or any criminal activity involving the facility or any other breach of security must be reported immediately to law enforcement.

  • Waste disposal requirements

    Cannabis remnants, infused products, bi-products, and other waste material shall be disposed of in a safe, sanitary, and secure manner. Any portion of the cannabis remnants, products or bi-products being disposed of will be rendered unusable before disposal, will be protected from being possessed or ingested by any person or animal, and shall not be placed within the facility's exterior refuse containers.

Signage

  • Signage compliance

    Signage associated with permitted cannabis facilities shall meet the applicable requirements set forth in the Mendocino County Zoning Code for signage and other applicable State regulations.

From the ordinance

Cannabis facilities other than Manufacturing Level 2 (Volatile) or Microbusinesses with a cultivation site shall not be allowed within a six-hundred-foot radius of a youth-oriented facility, a school, a park, or any church or residential treatment facility...
Sec. 20.243.050(B)