16-1439 Allowing Medical Marijuana Dispensaries & Treatment Facilities

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and changes of occupancy approvals as may be required for the proposed use, shall have installed the lighting and security plan elements (including doorway /exit and building perimeter lighting), advanced HVAC and air /odor filtration system, and shall have complied with all other Medical Marijuana Dispensary or Treatment Center regulations set forth in City Code, and shall have been reviewed by various City staff. 5. Background Check. Every employee of a Medical Marijuana Dispensary or Treatment Center must undergo a criminal background check through the Florida Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information Center at the time of hire and every annual anniversary of employment. These background checks will be at the expense of the Medical Marijuana Dispensary or Treatment Center Owner /Operator and provided to the City Police Department. It is not permissible for employees of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries or Treatment Centers to have any criminal convictions at the time of their hire or at any point during their employment. If at any point during employment the annual background check reveals a criminal conviction for an employee, said employee must be terminated immediately. 6. Prohibited activities. A Medical Marijuana Dispensary or Treatment Center shall not engage in any activity other than those activities specifically set forth in the definitions in Section 2- 7.34(A) as an authorized part of the use. The following activities are specifically prohibited: a. Consumption of any marijuana or marijuana product on -site at any Medical Marijuana Dispensary or Treatment Center. b. Non - medical/ recreational marijuana facilities. c. Smoking, ingesting, or otherwise consuming medical marijuana in the City of Casselberry unless such smoking, ingesting or consumption occurs entirely within a private residence, or within a clinic, health care facility, residential care facility, or residential hospice licensed pursuant to applicable provisions of the Florida Statutes. d. Purchasing, using, smoking, ingesting, offering for sale, possessing, consuming, or carrying any non - medical /medical marijuana in any public park or governmental property or on the public right -of -way, inclusive of streets, sidewalks or alleys, within the City. e. Any other activity or use of the premises, except those specifically authorized as part of the Medical Marijuana Dispensary or Treatment Center approval. 7. Performance standards. All Medical Marijuana Facilities shall comply with the following standards, which are considered conditions of approval: Ordinance 16 -1439 Page 7 of 12