Commercial non-medical marijuana activity is expressly prohibited in all zones and all specific plan areas in the City of Compton. No person shall establish, operate, maintain, conduct or allow commercial non-medical marijuana activity anywhere within the City. No application for a building permit, conditional use permit, business license, or any other entitlement authorizing the establishment, operation, maintenance, development, or construction of any use that allows for commercial non-medical marijuana activity shall be approved during the term of the prohibition established in this Ordinance.

Paragraph a of this subsection is meant to prohibit all activities for which a State license is required pursuant to Proposition 64. Accordingly, the City shall not issue any permit, license or other entitlement for any activity for which a State license is required under Proposition 64. The City shall also not issue any local license to a non-profit pursuant to provisions of Business and Professions Code section 26070.5.

To the extent not already prohibited by Interim Ordinance No. 2274, marijuana shall not be cultivated outdoors upon the grounds of a private residence. Indoor marijuana cultivation will be allowed consistent with State law which permits no more than six live marijuana plants to be planted, cultivated, harvested, dried, or processed within a single private residence or inside an accessory structure located upon the grounds of a private residence that is fully enclosed and secured. Any marijuana cultivation that exceeds the limits set forth in this subsection is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance.

Nothing in this Ordinance, or its adoption, shall be deemed to affect any other prohibitions or regulations relating to marijuana contained in the Compton Municipal Code, including, but not limited to, the provisions of subsections 9-24.1 through 9-24.6 of the Compton Municipal Code and Interim Ordinance No. 2274, except to the extent that marijuana cultivation is prohibited by Interim Ordinance No. 2274. The City will not be enforcing the provisions of Interim Ordinance No. 2274 that prohibit the personal cultivation of marijuana. Consistent with State law, persons are permitted to cultivate up to six live marijuana plants indoors so long as they abide by the standards set forth in paragraph c above. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affect or excuse any violation of the Compton Municipal Code or of Interim Ordinance No. 2274, except as otherwise described in this paragraph d.