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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding marijuana regulations and the impacts of Proposition 64, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file a presentation on impacts related to the passage of Proposition 64;
b) Direct staff to return to the Board with an Urgency Ordinance to prohibit cultivation and other marijuana activities while staff develops an Ordinance to prohibit or regulate marijuana, and/or;
c) Provide direction to staff on additional information or actions for future consideration, including, but not limited to the following:
i) Develop an Ordinance prohibiting certain types of State marijuana licenses in the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County; and/or
ii) Amend the County’s Zoning Ordinances to require zoning permits for cultivation, manufacturing, retail and/or delivery of marijuana; and/or
iii) Develop an Ordinance for local business licenses for certain types of State marijuana licenses in the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County; and/or
iv) Develop an Ordinance to tax marijuana and/or marijuana activities within the County, subject to voter approval; and/or
v) Establish and appoint members of the Board of Supervisors to a temporary, advisory ad hoc subcommittee on marijuana regulation and taxation; and/or
vi) Provide other direction to staff as appropriate; and
d) Find that the proposed actions are administrative activities of the County, which will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment and are therefore not a “project” as defined for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY