Bylaw No. 1034 (Option 1): Amendment to Cannabis Regulations
A more restrictive draft bylaw option for cannabis regulation with larger buffers included in the bylaw itself.
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL BYLAW NO. 1034
OPTION 1
A BYLAW TO AMEND CANNABIS REGULATIONS WITHIN ZONING BYLAW NO. 900, 2014
The Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
This Bylaw may be cited as "Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014, Amendment Bylaw No. 1034, 2019”.
Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014 is hereby amended by:
(a) adding the following definition to Section 2.0 Definitions:
“Cannabis” means the same meaning as the Cannabis Act (Canada) and includes any products containing cannabis.
“Cannabis Plant” means the same meaning as the Cannabis Act (Canada).
“Cannabis Retail Store” means the means the use of a building for selling of cannabis directly to the consumer, and includes the enclosed storage of limited quantities of such items sufficient only to service such a store, including a corporation or other form of business, who holds a valid and sustaining provincial license to sell cannabis through the retail market in British Columbia.
(b) Removing the definition of “Retail Store” and replacing it with the following:
“Retail Store” means the use of a building for selling of goods, wares and other merchandise directly to the consumer, and includes the enclosed storage of limited quantities of such items sufficient only to service such a store, but must not include a Licensed Retail Store use or a Cannabis Retail Store use.
(c) Removing the definition of “Medical Marihuana Production Facility” and replacing it with the following:
“Cannabis Production Facility” means the use of land, buildings and structures for the federally-licensed research and development, testing, production, administration, packaging and labeling, and distribution of cannabis and related substances, including temporary storage and destruction of cannabis plants, or any component thereof, in accordance with the conditions of use identified in the applicable zone.
(d) Removing Section 3.3.2.k.
(e) Adding Section 4.11 CANNABIS RETAIL STORE
4.11.1 When a cannabis retail store is established on any property, no additional retail cannabis stores are permitted on land within: a) 300m of an existing cannabis retail store b) 300m of a school c) 300m from a large daycare
(f) Amending Section 4.8.6.c to read “Cannabis production facility”.
(g) Amending Section 10.1.1.g to read “Cannabis production facility”.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS ______DAY OF _____, 2019
READ A SECOND TIME THIS ______DAY OF _____, 2019
PUBLIC HEARING HELD THIS ________DAY OF _______, 2020
READ A THIRD TIME THIS______DAY OF _____, 2020
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS ______DAY OF _____, 2020.
MAYOR
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