(a)

For the purposes of this section the following words and phrases are defined as follows:

"Child care facility" means a child care facility licensed by the State of Florida and providing child care services or a child care facility meeting the definition of such facility in any law of the state regulating the distance of medical cannabis dispensing organizations or facilities from child care facilities.

"Church" means a facility devoted primarily to religious or church purposes, except for a parsonage used primarily as a residence.

"Dispensing organization" means an organization approved by the department to cultivate, process, transport, and dispense low-THC cannabis or medical cannabis pursuant to this section.

"Licensed dispensing organization" means an organization approved by the Florida Department of Health's Office of Compassionate Use, to cultivate, process and dispense low-THC cannabis and medical cannabis pursuant to Florida Statutes.

"Medical cannabis" means all parts of any plant of the genus Cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, sale, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds or resin that is dispensed only from a dispensing organization for medical use by an eligible patient as defined in F.S. § 499.0295.

"Medical marijuana cultivation facility" shall mean a facility where medical marijuana is grown or cultivated for use in a medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility.

"Medical marijuana processing facility" shall mean a facility where medical marijuana is processed for use in a medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility.

"Medical marijuana treatment center" or "MMTC" has the same meaning as provided in § 29, Art. X of the State Constitution.

"Medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility" shall mean a dispensing facility for medical marijuana that is dispensed in compliance with Florida law.

(b)

It shall be unlawful to operate, within the corporate limits of the City, a medical marijuana treatment dispensing center except upon premises having a business zoning designation of B-2, B-3, B-4 or B-5.

(c)

It shall be unlawful to operate, within the corporate limits of the City, a medical marijuana cultivating or processing facility, within the corporate limits of the City, except having a industrial zoning classification of M-1 or M-2.

(d)

It shall be unlawful to operate, within the corporate limits of the City, a medical marijuana cultivating facility, processing facility, or treatment center dispensing facility within 500 feet of the real property that comprises a public or private elementary school, middle school, or secondary school.

(e)

Should the State of Florida establish distance limitations between medical marijuana treatment centers and the location of established churches day care, or schools, which distance limitations are for a greater distance than those set forth in subsections (c) or (d) above, then the provisions of Florida law shall prevail.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 6-18-2024)