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ORDINANCE NO. 7,570–N.S.
RECREATIONAL CANNABIS: ORDINANCE AMENDING BERKELEY MUNICIPAL
CODE CHAPTER 12.26
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Berkeley as follows:
Section 1. That Berkeley Municipal Code Section 12.26.035 is amended to read as
follows:
Section 12.26.035 Recreational Cannabis
No recreational cannabis use may be approved in the City of Berkeley until the City
Council adopts zoning regulations, a licensing process, and standards for such uses.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 12.26.035, medical cannabis Dispensaries authorized under
12.26.130 may also conduct adult-use Cannabis sales if they meet the following
requirements: comply with all requirements set forth in Sections 12.26 and 12.27 of the
Berkeley Municipal Code; obtain State licenses (temporary) for both Medical and Adult
Use commercial sales; obtain a City of Berkeley Temporary License. Temporary Adult
Use Cannabis licenses are valid until such time as the City of Berkeley adopts
comprehensive Cannabis regulations in compliance with State law.
Section 2. Copies of this Ordinance shall be posted for two days prior to adoption in the
display case located near the walkway in front of Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther
King Jr. Way. Within 15 days of adoption, copies of this Ordinance shall be filed at each
branch of the Berkeley Public Library and the title shall be published in a newspaper of
general circulation.
At a special meeting of the Council of the City of Berkeley held on October 3, 2017,
this Ordinance was passed to print and ordered published by posting by the following
vote:
Ayes:

Bartlett, Davila, Hahn, Maio, Wengraf, Worthington and Arreguin.

Noes:

None.

Absent:

Droste and Harrison.

Ordinance No. 7,570-N.S.

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