Laguna Hills City Zoning Code

shall mean a document issued by the State Department of Health Services which identifies a person authorized to engage in the medical use of marijuana and the person’s designated primary caregiver, if any.

shall have the same meaning as is defined by Health and Safety Code Section 11018 and the term “cannabis” as that term is defined by California Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5(f). If the definition under state law is amended, the city’s definition shall be as amended. “Marijuana” shall also mean any “cannabinoid” as defined by Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5(e), “cannabis concentrate” as defined by Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5(g), “edible cannabis product” as defined by Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5(s), “manufactured cannabis” as defined by Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5(ac), “medical cannabis” as defined by Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5(af), and “topical cannabis” as defined by Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5(al), as those sections exist as of January 1, 2016, or as amended thereafter.

shall mean any activity, whether or not carried out for commercial gain, which involves cultivation, possession, manufacture, processing, storage, laboratory testing, labeling, transportation, distribution, or sale of marijuana or any marijuana-infused products. This definition shall include any of the foregoing activities conducted by or on behalf of a qualified patient or the primary caregiver of a qualified patient. All references in this chapter to “marijuana business” shall be synonymous with “marijuana dispensary,” “mobile marijuana dispensary,” and “marijuana cultivation site,” which are defined in this section. The term “marijuana business” shall not include “personal cultivation of marijuana,” as defined in this section.

shall mean any location, whether indoor or outdoor, where marijuana is planted, grown, harvested, dried, cured, graded, or trimmed, or upon which all or any combination of those activities occurs. The term “marijuana cultivation site” shall not include “personal cultivation of marijuana,” as defined in this section.

shall mean any dispensary, facility, cooperative, club, individual, business, group, collective, establishment or other association with a storefront or mobile retail outlet where marijuana, in any form, whether for medical, recreational, or any other purpose, is transferred to any person, firm, corporation, association, club, society, or other organization, regardless of whether that activity is undertaken on a for-profit or nonprofit basis, or any combination thereof, and regardless of whether the activity is for compensation or is gratuitous.

shall mean any marijuana dispensary, facility, cooperative, club, individual, business, group, collective, establishment or other association with or without a storefront or mobile retail outlet, which engages in the transportation or delivery of marijuana or any marijuana-infused products. For purposes of this chapter, “delivery” shall mean the transfer of marijuana or other marijuana-infused products from a marijuana dispensary or a marijuana testing laboratory to any person, firm, corporation, association, club, society, or other organization, including, but not limited to, any owner, manager, proprietor, employee, volunteer, or salesperson, and shall also include the use by a marijuana dispensary of any technology platform owned and controlled by the dispensary that enables any person or entity to arrange for, or facilitate the transfer of, marijuana or any marijuana-infused products.

shall mean the possession, planting, cultivation, harvesting, drying, or processing of not more than six living marijuana plants and possession of the marijuana produced by the plants by persons twenty-one (21) years of age or older inside a person’s private residence or inside an accessory structure to a person’s private residence located upon the grounds of a person’s private residence that is fully enclosed and secure as authorized by Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.1 and 11362.2, as may be amended, and subject to the following limitations: (A) not more than six living plants may be planted, cultivated, harvested, dried, or processed within a person’s single private residence or inside an accessory structure to a person’s private residence that is fully enclosed and secure, at one time; and (B) the living plants and any marijuana produced by the plants in excess of twenty-eight and one-half (28.5) grams shall be in a locked space, and shall not be visible by normal unaided vision from a public place. The term “personal cultivation of marijuana” shall not include the planting, cultivation, harvesting, drying, or processing of marijuana plants outdoors upon the grounds of a person’s private residence.

shall mean an individual who possesses a recognition in good standing to practice medicine or osteopathy issued by the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and who has taken responsibility for an aspect of the medical care, treatment, diagnosis, counseling, or referral of a patient and who has conducted a medical examination of that patient before recording in the patient’s medical record the physician’s assessment of whether the patient has a serious medical condition and whether the medical use of marijuana is appropriate.

shall mean an individual, designated by a qualified patient or by a person with an identification card, who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, or safety of that patient or person.

shall have the same meaning as is defined by Health and Safety Code Section 11362.2(b)(5) (i.e., a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or similar dwelling), as may be amended.

shall mean a person who is entitled to the protections of California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5, but who does not have an identification card issued by the State Department of Health Services.