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investigate and/or schedule certain matters for City Hall Council Chambers
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ROSEMEAD PLANNING COMMISSION November 16,2015
• CALL TO ORDER—7:00 PM
• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE—Chair Tang
• INVOCATION—Vice-Chair Lopez
• ROLL CALL—Commissioners Dang, Eng, Herrera,Vice-Chair Lopez and Chair Tang
1. EXPLANATION OF HEARING PROCEDURES AND APPEAL RIGHTS
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
(Please refer to public comment guidelines on the first page of this document.)
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 15-07
A CITY INITIATED ORDINANCE AMENDING ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE, TITLE 17 "ZONING",
CHAPTER 17.40 "MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES" TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA
CULTIVATION FACILITIES AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA DELIVERIES IN ALL ZONES OF THE CITY -
On February 11, 2014, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 935 which added provisions to the
Rosemead Zoning Code (Title 17) that prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries city-wide. On September
11,2015,the California Legislature passed three bills that will create a broad State regulatory and licensing
system governing the cultivation, testing, and distribution of medical marijuana, as well as physician
recommendations for medical marijuana. Governor Brown signed the three bills (Assembly Bills 243 and
266, and Senate Bill 643) on October 9, 2015. The new legislation preserves local control over marijuana
facilities and land uses, including the authority to prohibit dispensaries and other medical marijuana
businesses completely. In the City's experience, medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation sites pose
significant threats to public health and safety. Municipal Code Amendment 15-07(MCA 15-07) proposes an
ordinance to prohibit both medical marijuana cultivation facilities and the delivery of medical marijuana
within the City.
PC RESOLUTION 15-20 - A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT
MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 15-07, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE
TITLE 17 "ZONING" CHAPTER 17.40 TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITIES
AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA DELIVERIES.
Staff Recommendation - It is recommended that the Planning Commission ADOPT Resolution No. 15-20
with findings, a resolution recommending that the City Council ADOPT proposed Ordinance No. XXX
amending Title 17"Zoning"of the Rosemead Municipal Code.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Minutes of 11-2-15
5. MATTERS FROM STAFF
6. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR&COMMISSIONERS
7. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular Planning Commission meeting will be held on Monday,December 7,2015, at 7:00 p.m.
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