TITLE 9: PLANNING AND ZONING RECYCLING AREAS RESERVED INDOOR MARIJUANA CULTIVATION SIGN REGULATIONS

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1 TITLE 9: PLANNING AND ZONING Chapter RECYCLING AREAS RESERVED PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY, DISPENSARIES, MOBILE DISPENSARIES AND CULTIVATION OF ANY KIND PROHIBITION OF HOOKAH LOUNGES AND SIMILAR FACILITIES PRE-APPLICATION REVIEW PROCEDURE (PAR) INDOOR MARIJUANA CULTIVATION HILLSIDE AND RIDGELINE DEVELOPMENT CANYON LAKE VILLAGE OVERLAY ZONE SIGN REGULATIONS 1 ALP S-8

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3 CHAPTER 9.01: RECYCLING AREAS Section Purpose Definitions Development Projects Costs/Fees Recycling Plan Waivers Enforcement Purpose. The purpose of the Chapter is to: (a) Allocate collection, storage, and loading of recyclable materials at development projects as defined here; (b) Supplement the provisions of Riverside County Ordinance No. 348 adopted by reference by the City as its zoning ordinance Definitions. As used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) Development Project means any of the following: (1) A project for which a building permit is required for commercial, industrial, institutional buildings, marinas, or residential buildings having five or more living units, where solid waste is collected and loaded, and any residential project where solid waste is collected and loaded in a location serving five or more units. (2) Any new public facility where solid waste is collected and loaded and any improvements of a public facility used for collecting and loading solid waste. (b) Recycling means the series of activities by which materials that would otherwise remain in the solid waste stream are collected, separated, or processed and used to make other or new products Development Projects. On or after September 1, 1994, the development projects which have not yet obtained a building permit are required to include recycling areas as set out in this Chapter Costs/Fees. All costs associated with designing or adding recycling space to new or existing development projects shall be the responsibility of the developer. The City shall by resolution establish fees for review of the recycling plan Recycling Plan. Before issuance of any building permit and as part of a site plan or conditional use permit, any development project shall prepare and submit to the City Planner, and have approved by him/her, a recycling plan for a recycling area which meets the following requirements: 3

4 4 Canyon Lake - Planning and Zoning (a) The area shall be designed to be compatible with nearby structures and with the existing topography and vegetation, in accordance with existing standards, and its location shall be shown on the site plan. (b) The design, fencing and construction of recycling areas shall adequately screen and secure the recyclable materials placed there. (c) The design, construction, and location of recycling areas shall not be in conflict with any applicable federal, state or local laws relating to fire, building, access, transportation, circulation or safety. (d) Recycling areas or bins or containers shall provide protection against adverse environmental conditions, such as rain, which might render the collected material unmarketable. (e) Driveways and/or travel aisles, at a minimum, shall conform to local building code requirements for waste collection access and clearance. In the absence of such building code requirements, unobstructed access shall be provided for collection vehicles and personnel. (f) A sign clearly identifying the recyclable collection and loading area shall be posted in the area, and the materials accepted there shall be posted adjacent to all points of direct access to the recycling areas. Signage shall also state that only the specific recyclable materials for which bins are provided by the handler shall be placed in those bins. Signage shall conform to local signage code requirements. (g) Developments and transportation corridors adjacent to recycling areas shall be adequately protected from adverse impacts such as noise, odor, vectors, or glare through measures including, but not limited to, screening, maintaining adequate separation, fencing, and landscaping. (h) Recycling areas shall be located so they are at least as convenient for those persons who deposit, collect and load the recyclable materials as the location where solid waste is collected and loaded. Whenever feasible, areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials shall be adjacent to the solid waste collection areas. (I) On-going maintenance and clean up of the interior of each recycling and solid waste area are the responsibility of the property owner. A maintenance and clean-up area also may be provided within the enclosure. (j) The areas shall provide adequate space for the separation and holding of recyclable materials. (k) Other requirements specific or appropriate to that development project as determined by the City Planner Waivers. (a) In order to meet these requirements, an existing development may use one parking space, landscaped areas or private open spaces for the location of the recycling containers, if as part of the recycling plan the Planning Director determines that the loss of the parking, landscaping area or open space areas will not have a significant negative effect on the need for such areas or the aesthetics of the development. (b) A parking space that has been converted to a recycling container area must be marked for recycling and adequately barricaded to prevent use as a parking space Enforcement. (a) Violation or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter shall constitute grounds for refusal of a building permit. (b) Violation or failure to comply with requirements of this ordinance may be deemed a public nuisance. (c) The City Attorney may seek legal, injunctive, or other equitable relief to enforce this ordinance. (d) The remedies and penalties provided in this section are cumulative and not exclusive.

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7 CHAPTER 9.03: PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY, DISPENSARIES, MOBILE DISPENSARIES AND CULTIVATION OF ANY KIND Section Definitions Prohibition of commercial cannabis activity Nuisance declared Violations Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the terms below shall be defined as follows or as set out in the applicable provisions of the Health & Safety Code or the Business & Professions Code: (a) "Cannabis" means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. "Cannabis" also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from marijuana. "Cannabis" also means marijuana as defined by Section of the Health and Safety Code as enacted by Chapter 1407 of the Statutes of "Cannabis" does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, 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 seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. For the purpose of this chapter, "cannabis" does not mean "industrial hemp" as defined by Section of the Food and Agricultural Code or Section of the Health and Safety Code. The definition of "cannabis" includes "Cannabis concentrate" which means manufactured cannabis that has undergone a process to concentrate the cannabinoid active ingredient, thereby increasing the product's potency. An edible medical cannabis product is not considered food, as defined by Section of the Health and Safety Code, or a drug, as defined by Section of the Health and Safety Code. The definition of "cannabis" further includes "cannabis concentrate" "cannabinoid" or "phytocannabinoid" which means a chemical compound that is unique to and derived from cannabis. Manufactured cannabis" means raw cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the raw agricultural product has been transformed into a concentrate, an edible product, or a topical product. (b) "Caregiver" or "primary caregiver" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section of the Health and Safety Code. (c) "Commercial cannabis activity" shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Business & Professions Code (k) as the same may be amended from time to time, and includes any and all cultivation, possession, transfer, manufacture, processing, storing, laboratory testing, labeling, transporting, distribution, or sale of medical cannabis or a medical cannabis product. (d) "Cooperative" shall mean two or more persons collectively or cooperatively cultivating, using, transporting, possessing, administering, delivering or making available medical marijuana, with or without compensation. 7 ALP S-7

8 8 Canyon Lake - Planning and Zoning (e) "Cultivation" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Business & Professions Code (1) as the same may be amended from time to time, and includes but is not limited to harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis. Cultivation includes cultivation allowed pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section by or for a caregiver or patient. (f) "Delivery" shall have the same meaning as set out in Business & Professions Code Section (m) and includes but is not limited to the commercial transfer of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products from a dispensary and includes the use by a dispensary of any technology platform owned and controlled by the dispensary that enables qualified patients or primary caregivers to arrange for or facilitate the commercial transfer by a licensed dispensary of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products. (g) "Dispensary" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Business & Professions Code Section (n) and means any facility or location, club, cooperative, where medical cannabis, medical cannabis products, or devices for the use of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers, provides, or transports medical cannabis and medical cannabis products as part of a retail sale, whether or not associated with a fixed location within the City. "Dispensing" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Business & Professions Code (o) as the same may be amended from time to time. (h) "Distribution" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Business & Professions Code Section (p) and includes but is not limited to the procurement, sale, transfer or transport of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products. "Distributor" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Business & Professions Code (q) as the same may be amended from time to time. (i) "Manufacture" shall have the same meaning as set out in Business & Professions Code Section (y) and means the production, preparation, propagation, or compounding of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products either directly or indirectly or by extraction methods, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis at a location that packages or repackages medical cannabis or medical cannabis products or labels or re-labels its container. (j) "Medical cannabis," "medical cannabis product," or "cannabis product" shall have the same meanings as set forth in Business & Professions Code (ag) as the same may be amended from time to time and means a product containing cannabis, including, but not limited to, edibles, concentrates and extractions, intended to be sold for use by medical cannabis patients in California pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), found at Section of the Health and Safety Code. For the purposes of this chapter, "medical cannabis" does not include "industrial hemp" as defined by Section of the Food and Agricultural Code or Section of the Health and Safety Code or topical cannabis intended only for external use, which is not a drug as defined by Health and Safety Code Section (k) "Patient" means a person with an identification card as identified in Health & Safety Code Section or a qualified patient defined in Health & Safety Code Section (l) "Person" means an individual, volunteer, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit and includes the plural as well as the singular number. (m) "Transport" shall have the same meaning as set out in Business & Professions Code Section (am) and means the transfer of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products from one business location to another location for the purposes of conducting commercial cannabis activity. (Ord. 165, passed ) ALP S-8

9 Prohibition of Commercial Cannabis Activity, Dispensaries, Mobile Dispensaries and 8A Cultivation of Any Kind Prohibition of commercial cannabis activity. Commercial cannabis activity expressly is prohibited in any zone or specific plan area of the City of Canyon Lake. It is the intent of this prohibition to include the delivery of cannabis within the City from a fixed location, from a Mobile Dispensary, the prohibition on cultivation, and any effort to locate, operate, own, lease, supply, allow to be operated, or aid, abet, or assist in the operation of a commercial cannabis activity. (a) Commercial cannabis activities of all types are expressly prohibited in the City. No person shall establish, operate, conduct or allow a commercial cannabis activity anywhere within the City. No person shall locate, operate, own, lease, supply, allow to be operated, or aid, abet, or assist in the location, operation, ownership, lease or supply of a commercial cannabis activity. (b) To the extent not already covered by subsection (a) above, all deliveries of medical cannabis are expressly prohibited within the City. No person shall conduct any deliveries that either originate or terminate within the City Nuisance declared. A violation of any portion of this Chapter is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be subject to abatement pursuant to all available remedies, including but not limited to administrative citations. (Ord. 165, passed ) Violations. A violation of this Chapter shall be punishable under Section and may be enforced by any applicable law. In addition to any other enforcement permitted by this Chapter 18.66, the City Attorney may bring a civil action for injunctive relief and civil penalties pursuant to this Code against any person or entity that violates this Chapter. In any civil action brought pursuant to this Chapter, a court of competent jurisdiction may award reasonable attorneys fees and costs to the prevailing party. (Ord. 165, passed ) ALP S-8 (c) Cultivation of cannabis for noncommercial purposes, including cultivation by a qualified patient or a primary caregiver, is expressly prohibited in the City, including but not limited to the Bureau of Land Management area, the Canyon Lake Property Owners' Association common areas, and any public property. No person, including a qualified patient or primary caregiver, shall cultivate any amount of cannabis in the City, even for medical purposes. (d) This section is meant to prohibit all activities for which a State license is required. The City shall not issue any permit, license or other entitlement for commercial cannabis activities any activity for which a State license is required. (Ord. 165, passed )

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11 CHAPTER 9.04: PROHIBITION OF HOOKAH LOUNGES AND SIMILAR FACILITIES Section Definitions Prohibition Enforcement Definitions. As set out here, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (a) Hookah shall mean a water pipe made of metal or other material, usually decorated and shaped somewhat like a bottle or small tank, with a long, flexible cord pipe, also known as shisha, nargile, hubble bubble, nap and Turkish water pipe. (b) Hookah lounge means an area of a commercial or industrial establishment, whether enclosed, indoor or outdoor, designated specifically for the use of hookahs. (Ord. 151, passed ) Prohibition. Hookah lounges are prohibited within the City. This prohibition does not include private use of hookahs in personal residences if otherwise in compliance with applicable law. (Ord. 151, passed ) Enforcement. This Chapter may be enforced through administrative citation or any other remedy available to the City under its Municipal Code for enforcement of its ordinances. (Ord. 151, passed ) 8C ALP S-8

12 8D Canyon Lake - Planning and Zoning CHAPTER 9.05: PRE-APPLICATION REVIEW PROCEDURE (PAR) Section Purpose Application Development Review Committee PAR letter Purpose. The purpose of the PAR is to advise prospective applicants of current City standards and requirements; to assess whether a proposal is consistent with such standards before the applicant has expended sums of money; make applicants familiar with requirements and thus potentially shorten the processing time for applications; and encourage designs which are sensitive to the City's environmental and development priorities. The PAR is an optional process which is not required of an applicant. The PAR letter is NOT a development entitlement in any way. (Ord. 122, passed ) Application. A PAR application shall be made in writing to the City Planner on forms provided for that purpose. All applications must be accompanied by the filing fee set by Resolution No of the City Council. The amount and detail of information submitted with the application varies with the complexity of the project. The following is the minimum information required. The City Planner may require additional information before the application is determined to be complete. (b) Current contact information for the developer. (c) Location of development and Assessor's Parcel Number. (d) Current zoning and general plan designation (if known). (e) Type of development proposed and project description. (f) Any current entitlements; types of entitlements requested. (g) Proposed timing. (h) Proposed environmental review. (I) Physical characteristics of the property; acreage, boundary lines and appropriate maps and exhibits which show proximity to streets (private or public), circulation and access; on-site drainage: a contour map may be requested. (j) Existing dwellings or other structures located onsite or within 100-feet of property lines. (k) Current services: water, sewer, gas, electricity. (l) Proximity to schools. (m) Is the property in: (1) MSHCP criteria cell; (2) Specific plan; (a) Current contact information for the applicant. 9 ALP S-3

13 10 Canyon Lake - Planning and Zoning (3) Policy area; (4) Agricultural preserve; (5) Airport influence area; (6) Fault zone; (7) FEMA flood plain status; (8) High fire area; (9) Similar areas. (n) If applicable, proposed lot lines and dimensions, setbacks, pad elevations, street grades, etc. (o) Additional requirements may apply to condominiums, mobile/manufactured home parks or recreational vehicle park. (Ord. 122, passed ) Development Review Committee. (a) The Development Review Committee (DRC) shall consist of representatives from Planning, Engineering (including Flood Control if necessary), Building and Safety, Police, Fire and the City Manager. The City Planner may request that other representatives attend as necessary. The City Planner shall chair the DRC. The Committee is not subject to the Brown Act and the public may not attend such meetings unless the applicant and DRC consent in advance in writing. (b) Once the City Planner has determined that the PAR application is complete, she shall provide copies of the application to the members of the Development Review Committee (DRC) and place the application on the schedule for review by the DRC not more than 30 days after the application has been provided to the DRC members. (c) At the DRC meeting, there shall be a representative from the applicant who is able to answer questions as well as representatives from each DRC member. If a DRC member representative cannot attend, the City Planner shall have written comments from that member and be authorized to speak on its behalf. (d) At the DRC, the applicant shall be prepared to discuss the proposal in detail and to identify any major issues that may arise. If at the end of the DRC some issues have not been resolved, those issues will be identified and additional information requested. The DRC may be continued from time to time. (Ord. 122, passed ) PAR letter. The PAR letter shall be the result of the DRC meeting and shall contain the DRC's comments on the development proposal but in no way shall be considered as approval of the proposal and shall not bind the approving body or prevent staff or such body from requiring additional information or studies or making additional recommendations. The PAR letter shall be valid for two years from its date, unless a shorter period is specified in the letter. Substantial changes to the proposal, other changed conditions, changed local codes or policies or changed Federal or State laws or regulations shall invalidate the PAR letter and necessitate a new PAR process. The content of the letter will vary depending upon the type of proposal, but generally will contain the following information: (a) The applications which must be filed to process the proposal and timing requirements, including but not limited to general plan amendments, specific plans or amendments, changes of zone, tract maps, parcel maps, plot plans, PUP's or CUP's. (b) Special studies and their timing requirements, including those required by CEQA, including but not limited to fiscal impact, service and infrastructure impact, private debt burden, biological, ALP S-3

14 Pre-application Review Procedure (PAR) 11 archeological, paleontological, geological, flood, traffic, slip stability, noise, air quality. (c) Special plans and their timing requirements, including but not limited to conceptual grading plans, detailed grading plans, storm water pollution prevention plans, dust control plans and area development plans. (d) Current process, development impact and maintenance fees for the project, including but not limited to application and process fees; any mitigation fees (such as traffic signal or drainage); special district formations and fees. (e) Environmental issues associated with the proposal, including the possible need for an EIR. (f) Design considerations, including but not limited to internal drainage, off-site drainage, density limitations; (g) Changes necessary before staff can recommend approval and any concerns not resolved or a statement that the project will not be recommended as approved; and (h) Applicable Code provisions, including the findings required for approval. (Ord. 122, passed ) ALP S-3

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16 CHAPTER 9.06: INDOOR MARIJUANA CULTIVATION Section Purpose and intent Definitions Outdoor cultivation Cultivation of marijuana only for personal use; regulations for residential zones Indoor cultivation of marijuana restricted to authorized growers Public nuisance prohibited Penalties not exclusive; violation constitutes a crime Prohibition on possession and smoking of marijuana in City buildings Purpose and intent. The City Council finds as follows: (a) Purpose. The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to regulate the cultivation of marijuana in a manner that protects the health, safety and welfare of the community consistent with Proposition 64, also known as the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act ("AUMA"). This Chapter is not intended to interfere with a patient's right to medical marijuana, as provided for in California Health & Safety Code Section , nor does it criminalize medical marijuana possession or cultivation by specifically defined classifications of persons, pursuant to state law. This Chapter is not intended to give any person unfettered legal authority to grow marijuana; it is intended simply to impose zoning restrictions on the personal indoor cultivation of marijuana permitted under AUMA when it is authorized by California state law for medical or other lawful purposes under the state law. (b) Applicability. As set out in Canyon Lake Municipal Code Chapter 9.03, and authorized by AB 243 (Section of the Health and Safety Code), marijuana cultivation as defined in Section , remains prohibited in all zones and districts of the City of Canyon Lake until and unless AUMA is passed at the November 8, 2016 statewide general election. Upon the passage of AUMA at said election, the cultivation of non-medical marijuana in the City shall be controlled and regulated by the provisions of this Chapter which is an uncodified portion of the Zoning Code. (c) Non-conflicting enactment. No part of this Chapter shall be deemed to conflict with federal law as contained in the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 800 et seq., nor to otherwise permit any activity that is prohibited under that Act or any other local, state or federal law, statute, rule or regulation. (Ord. 168, passed ) Definitions. As used herein the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Authorized Grower" means a person 21 years and older who is authorized by, and in compliance with, federal or state law to cultivate marijuana indoors for personal use. There may be only one authorized grower per private residence who can present written evidence that any and all other persons 21 years old or over have authorized that person to obtain the permit referenced below. (b) "City" means the City of Canyon Lake. 12A ALP S-8

17 12B Canyon Lake - Planning and Zoning (c) "Cultivation" means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming, or otherwise processing of marijuana plants or any part thereof. (d) "Fully enclosed and secure structure" means a fully-enclosed space within a building that complies with the California Building Code ("CBSC"), as adopted in the City, or if exempt from the permit requirements of the CBSC, that has a complete roof, a foundation, slab or equivalent base to which the floor is secured by bolts or similar attachments, is secure against unauthorized entry, is accessible only through one or more lockable doors, and is not visible from a public right-of-way. Walls and roofs must be constructed of solid materials that cannot be easily broken through such as two inch by four-inch nominal or thicker studs overlaid with three-eighths inch or thicker plywood or the equivalent. Plastic sheeting, regardless of gauge, or similar products do not satisfy this requirement. If indoor grow lights or air filtration systems are used, they must comply with the California building, electrical, and fire codes as adopted in the City of Folsom. (e) "Immature marijuana plant" means a marijuana plant, whether male or female, that has not yet flowered and which does not yet have buds that are readily observed by unaided visual examination. (f) "Indoors" means within a fully enclosed and secure structure as that structure is defined above. (g) "Mature marijuana plant" means a marijuana plant, whether male or female, that has flowered and which has buds that are readily observed by unaided visual examination. (h) "Public places" means any area open to the public or exposed to public view and includes but is not limited to streets, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, parking lots, automobiles, whether moving or not, and buildings open to the general public, including those which serve food or drink, or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds enclosing them. (i) "Outdoors" means any location within the City that is not within a fully enclosed and secure structure. (j) "Parcel" means property assigned a separate parcel number by the Sacramento County assessor. (k) "Private residence" means a house, apartment unit, mobile home, or other similar dwelling unit. A second unit does not constitute a "private residence." (Ord. 168, passed ) Outdoor cultivation. It is hereby declared to be unlawful, a public nuisance, and a violation of this Chapter for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any parcel within any zoning district in the City to cause or allow such premises to be used for the outdoor cultivation of marijuana plants. (Ord. 168, passed ) Cultivation of marijuana only for personal use; regulations for residential zones. (a) When authorized by state law, an authorized grower shall be allowed to cultivate marijuana only in a private residence in a residential zone, only indoors, and only for personal use, subject to the following regulations: (b) The marijuana cultivation area shall be located indoors. The total area cultivated shall not exceed 50 square feet and not exceed ten feet in height, nor shall it come within 12 inches of the ceiling or any cultivation lighting. Cultivation in a greenhouse on the property of the residence but not physically part of the home is permitted, as long as it is fully enclosed, secure, not visible from a public right-of-way and meeting all requirements in this Chapter. (c) Marijuana cultivation lighting shall not exceed 1,200 watts in total for the total cultivation area within the residence. ALP S-8

18 Indoor Marijuana Cultivation (d) The use of gas products such as but not limited to CO2, butane, methane, or any other flammable or non-flammable gas for marijuana cultivation or processing is prohibited. 12C (e) There shall be no exterior visibility or evidence of marijuana cultivation outside the private residence from the public right-of-way, including but not limited to any marijuana plants, equipment used in the growing and cultivation operation, and any light emanating from cultivation lighting. (f) The authorized grower shall reside fulltime in the residence where the marijuana cultivation occurs. (g) It is the responsibility of the authorized grower to prevent access to marijuana and marijuana products by persons under 21 years of age in the residence. The cultivation area within the residence shall be capable of being locked and shall not be accessible to persons under 21. (h) The authorized grower shall not participate in marijuana cultivation in any other location within the City. There may be only one authorized grower per private residence as defined herein. (i) The residence shall include fully functional and usable kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom areas actually utilized for their intended use by the resident authorized grower, and the premises shall not be used primarily or exclusively for marijuana cultivation. (j) The marijuana cultivation area shall be in compliance with the current adopted edition of the California Building Code Natural Ventilation or Mechanical Ventilation (or equivalent), as amended from time to time. (k) The building official may require additional specific standards to meet the California Building Code and Fire Code, including but not limited to installation of fire suppression sprinklers and may require annual or other inspections. (l) The marijuana cultivation area shall not result in a nuisance or adversely affect the health, welfare, or safety of the resident or nearby residents by creating dust, glare, heat, noise, noxious gasses, odors, smoke, traffic, vibration, or other impacts, or be hazardous due to use or storage of materials, processes, products or wastes. (m) No more than six living marijuana plants, mature or immature, are permitted for indoor personal cultivation under this Chapter. (n) Marijuana in excess of 28.5 grams produced by plants kept for indoor personal cultivation under this Chapter must be kept in a locked space on the grounds of the private residence not visible from the public right-of-way. (o) Outdoor cultivation of marijuana and cultivation of marijuana for non-personal uses are expressly prohibited in all zones and districts of the City. (Ord. 168, passed ) Indoor cultivation of marijuana restricted to authorized growers. (a) It is hereby declared to be unlawful, a public nuisance and a violation of this Chapter for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any parcel within the City to cause or allow such parcel to be used for the cultivation of marijuana, unless the person is authorized by state law to grow marijuana for a specifically authorized purpose within a private residence in a residential zone, and such authorized grower is complying with all requirements of this Chapter. (b) No person shall grow marijuana upon any parcel until and unless he or she first secures a permit from the building department and pay such fee as may be required and set forth by resolution of the City Council for issuance of the permit and or inspections. Only one building permit shall be granted per private residence and that permit shall be granted in the name of the single authorized grower. (Ord. 168, passed ) ALP S-8

19 12D Canyon Lake - Planning and Zoning Public nuisance prohibited. It is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any parcel within the City to create a public nuisance in the course of cultivating marijuana plants or any part thereof in any location, indoor or outdoor. A public nuisance may be deemed to exist, if such activity produces: (a) Odors which are disturbing to people of reasonable sensitivity residing or present on adjacent or nearby property or areas open to the public. (b) Repeated responses to the parcel by law enforcement or fire personnel. (c) A repeated disruption to the free passage of persons or vehicles in the neighborhood, excessive noise which is disturbing to people of normal sensitivity on adjacent or nearby property or areas open to the public. enforce this section or to abate a public nuisance. Violation of this Chapter shall constitute a crime punishable as a misdemeanor or infraction in the discretion of the City Attorney. (Ord. 168, passed ) Prohibition on possession and smoking of marijuana in City buildings. The possession, smoking or other use of marijuana is prohibited in buildings owned, leased or occupied by the City. As an employer, the City maintains a drug and alcohol free workplace by prohibiting the use, consumption, possession, transfer, transportation, sale, display and growth of marijuana in the workplace. As allowed by state law, marijuana smoking is prohibited in all areas of the City where tobacco smoking is prohibited by state law, City ordinance or by regulations of the Canyon Lake Property Owners' Association. (Ord. 168, passed ) (d) Any other impacts on the neighborhood which are disruptive of normal activity in the area including, but not limited to, grow lighting visible outside the dwelling, excessive vehicular traffic or parking occurring at or near the dwelling, and excessive noise emanating from the dwelling. (e) Outdoor growing and cultivation of marijuana. (Ord. 168, passed ) Penalties not exclusive; violation constitutes a crime. The remedies and penalties provided herein are cumulative, alternative and nonexclusive. The use of one does not prevent the use of any other criminal, civil, or administrative remedy or penalty authorized by, or set forth in, the Canyon Lake Municipal Code. None of the penalties or remedies authorized by, or set forth in, the Canyon Lake Municipal Code shall prevent the City from using any other penalty or remedy under state statute which may be available to ALP S-8

20 CHAPTER 9.15 HILLSIDE AND RIDGELINE DEVELOPMENT Sections Purpose Definitions Applicability Exemptions Application submittal requirements Hillside development standards Significant ridgelines Hillside grading guidelines Grading, grubbing, and scarring control Hillside and ridgeline development permit procedures Purpose. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide regulations for the development of areas in the City that, because of their topography, require special consideration to ensure that they are developed in a way that substantially maintains their natural character and environmental and aesthetic values to implement the general plan, and to provide for the safety, health, and welfare of the public by: (a) Providing guidelines and standards for development in visually sensitive hillside areas to minimize the adverse impacts of grading and to promote the following goals and objectives of the general plan: (1) Open Space Goal OS-1: Maintain an open space system that conserves remaining natural resources, enhances aesthetic values, and promotes the health, safety and general welfare; (2) Open Space Policy OSP-2: Cooperate with regional and subregional planning agencies in matters of mutual open space concerns; (3) Open Space Strategy OSS-6: Require sensitive ecological areas, steep slopes, and special land form features to be preserved as open space; (b) To preserve and enhance the visual and aesthetic quality of hillsides for the surrounding community; (c) To encourage the characteristics and qualities that promote a sense of place within a hillside setting; (d) Maintaining an environment consistent with existing vegetation, wildlife, soils, geology, slopes, and drainage patterns, and to preserve natural topography and scenic character, including canyons, creeks, knolls, rock outcrops, and ridgelines whenever feasible; (e) Encouraging development that is limited to the more gently sloping portions of the site; (f) Encouraging developments that preserve desirable existing features of land (e.g., natural appearing slopes, significant ridgelines, natural vegetation, viewsheds, topographic features); (g) Limiting the impact of cut and fill slopes on adjacent developed and undeveloped properties; (h) Preserving the regional view corridor located along Railroad Canyon Road and the aesthetics of the region which further are preserved by similar ordinances, policies and practices in surrounding cities; and (i) Preserving the community's existing natural significant ridgelines visible from Canyon Lake. (Ord. 112, passed ) 13 ALP S-3

21 14 Canyon Lake - Planning and Zoning Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) Clearing means the removal of vegetation (grass, brush, trees, and similar plant types) by mechanical means (also known as brushing and/or grubbing). (b) Cluster development is a concept where structures are grouped on certain portions of a site, frequently of different shapes and sizes, surrounded by large expanses of open space. (c) Contour is a line drawn on a plan that connects points of equal elevation. (d) Contour grading means a grading concept designed to result in earth forms that resemble natural terrain characteristics. Horizontal and vertical curve variations are often used for slope banks. (e) Conventional grading is a grading concept that results in simple, straight forward cut and fill lines and even planed slopes. This is the most basic type of grading often resulting in an engineered or man-made appearance attributable to a lack of curvilinear or natural-appearing shapes. (f) Cut means the mechanical removal of earth material. (g) Fill means a deposit of earth material placed by artificial means. (h) Finished grade means the final elevation of the ground surface after development, that is in conformance with the approved plan. (i) Grading means to bring an existing surface to a designed form by excavating, filling, or landforming operations in excess of 50 cubic yards. (j) Hillside or Hillside areas refers to those portions of land displaying slopes, ridgelines, hills, knolls, canyons or similar topographic features with a slope (as defined herein) of 25% or greater and are identified on the Hillside Overlay and Significant Ridgeline Map. (k) Hillside Overlay and Significant Ridgeline Map is an exhibit which is incorporated herein by reference and attached to Ordinance No. 112, passed March 4, 2009 and which shall be maintained on file in the Planning Department, showing the areas subject to this Chapter. (l) Landform grading is a grading method that replicates the irregular shapes of natural slopes. Landform graded slopes are characterized by continuous series of concave and convex forms interspersed with mounds that blend into profiles, nonlinearity in plan view, varying slope gradients, and significant transition zones, between man-made and natural slopes. (m) Minimal grading is a grading concept designed to minimize excavation and filling. Allows the movement of earth for projects (e.g., as individual building foundations, driveways, local roads, and utility excavation). The concept is associated with roads conforming closely to natural contours and with structures being built on natural terrain. (n) Pad is a level area created by grading to accommodate development. (o) Plot plan is an application filed with the Planning Division, including all information required by forms available at the Planning Division and Section of Ordinance 348 of the City of Canyon Lake. (p) Project means a project which is subject to this Chapter, includes subdivisions, permits, uses, structures, specific plans, master development plans, conditional use permits and associated plot plans for development review except as specifically exempted by Section (q) Significant ridgeline(s) means natural ridgeline(s) that are generally within or surrounding the City of Canyon Lake that are visible from Canyon ALP S-3

22 Hillside and Ridgeline Development 15 Lake or Railroad Canyon Road that form part of the skyline or are seen as a distinct edge. All significant ridgelines are identified within the Hillside Overlay and Significant Ridgeline Map and are included with Ordinance No. 112, passed March 4, (r) Slope is an inclined ground surface, the inclination of which is expressed as a ratio of the vertical distance (rise), or change in elevation, to the horizontal distance (run). The percent of a given slope is determined by dividing the rise by the run, multiplied by 100. Change in Elevation (rise) Horizontal Distance (run) (s) Slope ratio is the relationship of a slope's horizontal length to vertical height, with the height specified as one (e.g. 2:1). (Ord. 112, passed ) Applicability. (a) Hillside or Hillside Area. The standards contained in this Chapter shall apply to the hillsides and hillside areas as defined in Section and identified on the Hillside Overlay and Significant Ridgeline Map. (b) Basis for Slope Determinations. For the purpose of this Chapter, slope shall be computed on the natural slope of the land before grading is commenced, as determined from a topographic map having a scale of not less than one inch equals 40 feet and a contour interval of not more than two feet. (c) Hillside and Ridgeline Development Permit. All projects not specifically exempted within Section or by the Building Official shall comply with the Hillside and Ridgeline Development Permit process as described in this Chapter. (Ord. 112, passed ) Exemptions. (a) The following actions and activities within the Hillside Overlay and Significant Ridgeline Map area are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter. (1) Construction and installation (trenching, utility construction, and backfilling) of underground utility systems. (2) Landscaping of single-family parcels; re-grading of existing yard areas for landscaping installation provided such re-graded yard area does not exceed 3,000 square feet in area for which a grading permit is not required. (3) Modification of, or addition to any pre-existing legally established single-family dwelling, accessory structure, or construction of such a unit on a legally graded pad in existence on the effective date of this Chapter, or the construction of an accessory structure or an addition less than 500 square feet in size. This exemption shall not include the increase in the number of units, change of use, or when a grading permit is required. (4) Construction that does not require a grading permit or a building permit. (5) Any project for which a grading or building permit has been issued and which has begun substantial grading or construction in reliance on such approval prior to the effective date of this Chapter, provided that such permit or approval has not expired or been otherwise revoked and further provided that the development is in accordance with the approved conditions of approval and related approvals. (6) Public works projects determined by the City to be necessary for public health, safety or welfare; wireless facilities are not considered to be public works projects. (b) Whenever any regulations or standards contained in this Chapter differ from, or conflict with, the regulations of Land Use Ordinance 348 as adopted ALP S-3

23 16 Canyon Lake - Planning and Zoning by the City of Canyon Lake, the regulations contained in this Chapter shall take precedence. (Ord. 112, passed ) Application submittal requirements. Applications for projects within the Hillside Overlay and Significant Ridgeline Map shall comply with the submittal requirements of this Chapter and shall be incorporated in the appropriate sections of the corresponding documents. Application filing requirements are as follows: (a) Conceptual Grading Plan and Drainage Plan. A conceptual grading plan shall be submitted at a minimum scale of one inch to 40 feet (this scale may be adjusted with the approval of the City Building Official). The plan shall include the following items: (1) A legend with appropriate symbols indicating high point, low point, spot elevations, pad and finished floor elevations, top of wall, top of curb, change in direction of drainage, and planned drainage improvements, including a conceptual Water Quality Management Plan with proposed facility and drainage structure locations; (2) A separate map with proposed fill areas and cut areas, depths of these areas clearly shown with not more than two foot topographic lines (one foot preferred). Quantities of each cut and fill area shall be clearly marked and calculated as a percentage of the total site area. The fill and cut areas shall be either colored green and red, respectively, cross-hatched, or screened to delineate the separate areas; (3) Existing contours shall be depicted with a dashed line with every fifth contour darker, and proposed contours shall be depicted as above except with a solid line. Contours shall be shown at minimum intervals of two feet of change in elevation, with one-foot contours in the flatter areas. Contours and plan cross-sections of the finished slope shall be shown at intervals similar to that on the topographic base map at the time the application is submitted; (4) To the extent not otherwise required, location and elevation of all existing and proposed circulation and drainage improvements, including streets, curbs, driveways, sidewalks, median islands, and drainage courses on the site and within 100 feet of the boundaries of the site; (5) Preliminary drainage plan shall show or explain the drainage area tributary to the site and include a statement setting forth in detail the manner in which storm water runoff will enter the site, the manner in which it will be carried through the site, and the manner in which disposal beyond the site boundaries be accomplished. Detention basins may be required unless storm water is directed to an improved storm drain facility; and (6) Additional information as required to assist the Planning and Building Division's review and noticing related to the project. (b) Slope Analysis Map. A slope analysis map for the purpose of determining the amount and location of land as it exists in its natural state and for calculating average slope categories. A base topographical map of the site shall be prepared and shall have a scale of not less than one inch to 40 feet. The base topographical map shall include adjoining properties within 100 feet of the site boundaries to portray the site's context. Slope bands in contrasting colors shall be delineated in the range of 0% to 25%, 26% to 35%, 36% to 50%, and 50% or greater. A tabulation of the land area by slope percentage shall also be provided. Ridgelines shall be clearly shown on slope analysis maps. Crosssections of ridgeline areas shall be provided. (1) The exact method for computing the percent slope and area of each slope category shall be sufficiently described and presented so that a review can be readily made. A heavy solid line indicating the 25% grade differential shall be clearly marked on the plan. An eight and one-half by 11 inch legible reduction of the slope analysis with appropriate legend shall also be provided. ALP S-3