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ORDINANCE 17 -1466
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY,
<br />FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY CODE, PART III,
<br />UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, TABLE
<br />2 -5.3, "LAND USE BY DISTRICT" OF ARTICLE V,
<br />"ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS" TO REMOVE
<br />MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND MEDICAL
<br />MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTERS AS A
<br />CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN THE I (INDUSTRIAL) AND
<br />IM (INDUSTRIAL - MEDIUM) ZONING DISTRICTS; AND
<br />REPEALING SECTION 2 -7.34, "MEDICAL MARIJUANA
<br />DISPENSARIES AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA
<br />TREATMENT CENTERS" OF ARTICLE VII, "GENERAL
<br />REGULATIONS "; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION,
<br />CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE
<br />DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, in 2014, the Florida Legislature enacted the Compassionate Medical
<br />Cannabis Act, codified at Section 381.986, Florida Statutes, (the "Compassionate Use Act ")
<br />which provides for the growing, processing, and distributing of specific forms of low -THC (non -
<br />euphoric) cannabis to qualified patients and their caregivers for the treatment of listed medical
<br />conditions, which became effective on June 16, 2014; and
<br />WHEREAS, in 2015, the Florida Legislature enacted the Right to Try Act, codified at
<br />Section 499.0295, Florida Statutes, which amended the Compassionate Use Act and authorizes a
<br />licensed dispensing organization to cultivate, process, transport and dispense "Medical
<br />Cannabis" as defined by Section 381.986(1)(f), Florida Statutes, and derivative products for use
<br />by certain "Eligible Patients," as defined by Section 499.0295, Florida Statutes; and
<br />WHEREAS, on November 8, 2016, Florida voters approved the Florida Right to
<br />Medical Marijuana Initiative ( "Amendment 2 "), which amended the Florida Constitution to
<br />authorize "Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers" defined therein as "an entity that acquires,
<br />cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food,
<br />tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or
<br />administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials
<br />to qualifying patients or their caregivers and is registered by the Department;" and
<br />WHEREAS, the passage of Amendment 2 expanded the medical use of cannabis and
<br />related products to patients suffering from certain "Debilitating Medical Conditions," as defined
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