B. It is also the purpose of this chapter to stem the negative impacts and secondary effects associated with all marijuana uses, whether medical or recreational, including but not limited to the extraordinary and unsustainable demands that have been or will be placed upon scarce city policing, legal, policy and administrative resources; neighborhood disruption, increased transient visitors and intimidation; the exposure of school-age children and other sensitive residents to marijuana; illegal sales to both minors and adults; fraud in issuing, obtaining or using marijuana prescriptions and murders, robberies, burglaries, assaults, drug trafficking and other violent crimes.

C. No part of this chapter is intended to or shall be deemed to conflict with federal law, including but not limited to the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. Section 800 et seq., or the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Chapter 69.50 RCW). (Ord. 1323 § 3, 2015).

“Collective garden” means any place, area, or garden where qualifying patients engage in the production, processing, and delivery of marijuana for medical use as set forth in Chapter 69.51A RCW and subject to the limitations therein, and to be phased out effective July 1, 2016.

“Cooperative” means an entity with up to four members located in the domicile of one of the members, registered with the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, and meeting the requirements under Chapter 69.51A RCW.

“Cultivation” means the planting, growing, harvesting, drying or processing of marijuana plants or any part thereof.

“Dispensary, medical marijuana” means any location that does not meet the definition of a “collective garden” and does not have a license from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board for a marijuana producer, processor or retailer pursuant to I-502, where marijuana is processed, dispensed, selected, measured, compounded, packaged, labeled or sold. It also includes any vehicle or other mode of transportation, stationary or mobile, which is used to transport, distribute, deliver, sell, barter, trade or give away marijuana.

“Marijuana” means all parts of the plant cannabis, whether growing or not, with a THC concentration greater than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. The term does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plants, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seeds of the plant which are incapable of germination.

“Marijuana concentrates” means products consisting wholly or in part of the resin extracted from any part of the plant cannabis and having a THC concentration greater than 60 percent.

“Marijuana-infused products” means products that contain marijuana or marijuana extracts, are intended for human use, and have a THC concentration no greater than 10 percent. The term “marijuana-infused products” does not include either usable marijuana or marijuana concentrates.

“Marijuana processor” means a person licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to process marijuana into usable marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and marijuana concentrates, package and label usable marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and marijuana concentrates for sale in retail outlets, and sell usable marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and marijuana concentrates at wholesale to marijuana retailers.

“Marijuana producer” means a person licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to produce and sell marijuana at wholesale to marijuana processors and other marijuana producers.

“Marijuana researcher” means a person licensed by the State Liquor and Cannabis Board to produce and possess marijuana for limited research purposes.

“Marijuana retailer” means a person licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to sell usable marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and marijuana concentrates in a retail outlet.

“Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision of agency or any other legal or commercial entity.

“Usable marijuana” means dried marijuana flowers. The term “usable marijuana” does not include either marijuana-infused products or marijuana concentrates. (Ord. 1323 § 3, 2015).

A. It is unlawful to own, establish, site, operate, use or permit the establishment, siting, operation, or use of a medical marijuana dispensary, collective garden, cooperative or marijuana production, processing, research or retail facility, regardless of whether it has a license from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

B. It is unlawful to perform any individual or group marijuana cultivation activities anywhere in the city, regardless of whether such individual or group cultivation is addressed in Chapter 69.51A RCW or other state law.

C. It is unlawful to lease to, rent to, or otherwise allow the operation of any medical marijuana dispensary, collective garden, cooperative, marijuana production, processing, research, or retailing business, whether it is located outdoors, indoors, in any building, structure, premises, location or on land in the city and regardless of whether the activity has been licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

D. The city shall not issue any business license for any marijuana businesses regardless of whether the business has been licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board. Any business license obtained in error or through misrepresentation of the activities conducted by the individual business shall be invalid and of no force and effect. (Ord. 1323 § 3, 2015).