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The purpose of this chapter is to recognize and respect the will of the California voters in approving, in November 2016, Proposition 64, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, referred to as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act ("AUMA"), which legalized, subject to certain restrictions, specified nonmedical cannabis uses for purposes of state law, through adoption of less restrictive local cannabis regulations, while at the same time promoting the public health, safety and welfare of the Petaluma community by:

A. Protecting citizens from the secondary impacts associated with cannabis dispensaries and commercial cannabis activity, including, but not limited to, increased public consumption of cannabis and the potential for increased cannabis DUIs, illegal resale of cannabis obtained at low cost from dispensaries, loitering, robbery, assaults, and other crimes;

B. Protecting citizens from secondary impacts associated with commercial cannabis activity such as cannabis cultivation, including, but not limited to, electrical fires and ignition of chemical substances utilized in the cultivation process, crimes occurring at grow sites, and neighborhood concerns regarding odors, late night traffic, and related nuisances;

C. Protecting citizens from secondary impacts of cannabis delivery, including, but not limited to, delivery during nighttime hours and delivery by minors;

D. Preventing increased demands for police response resulting from activities at cannabis dispensaries and cultivation sites, commercial cannabis activity and cannabis delivery and thereby avoiding reduction in the ability of the city’s public safety officers to respond to other calls for service; and

E. Maintaining the access of qualified patients and primary caregivers to medical cannabis and medical cannabis products.

(Ord. 2634 NCS §3 (part), 2017.)