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WHEREAS, the WSLCB has adopted regulations for recreational marijuana and <br />begun issuance of marijuana producer, processor and retail licenses to qualified <br />applicants; and <br />WHEREAS, 2SSB 5052 has established a medical marijuana endorsement to <br />permit a licensed recreational marijuana retailer to also sell marijuana for medical use to <br />qualifying patients and designated providers; and <br />WHEREAS, 2SSB 5052 has directed the now renamed Washington State Liquor <br />and Cannabis Board to develop and maintain a secure and confidential medical <br />marijuana authorization database of patients and designated providers; and <br />WHEREAS, 2SSB 5052 will repeal authorization for collective gardens on July 1, <br />2016; and <br />WHEREAS, 2SSB 5052 authorizes qualifying patients to grow a limited number of <br />medical marijuana plants in their own domicile; and <br />WHEREAS, 2ESSHB 2136 allows cities to adopt locational restrictions and to fully <br />prohibit medical marijuana cooperatives as described in 2SSB 5052 and 2ESSHB 2136; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify that the manufacture, production, <br />processing, retailing, possession, transportation, delivery, dispensing, application, or <br />administration of marijuana must comply with all applicable City laws, and that <br />compliance with City laws does not constitute an exemption from compliance with <br />applicable state and federal regulations; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila believes that the health, safety, and welfare of the <br />community is best served by excluding from certain zones any commercial production, <br />processing, selling or delivery of marijuana; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila adopted Ordinance No. 2475, imposing a <br />moratorium on medical cannabis collective gardens or dispensaries while zoning for <br />said uses is established; and <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2475 requires formal action by the City Council to <br />terminate the moratorium; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council studied the land use and other secondary impacts of <br />recreational marijuana use, and adopted Ordinance No. 2407 authorizing recreational <br />marijuana producers, processors and retailers within specific zoning districts to address <br />these impacts; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds that no additional land use or secondary impacts <br />are expected due to the expansion of the recreational marijuana industry to include <br />W:\ Word Processing \Ordinances\Zoning for production - processing - retailing of marijuana uses 7 -6 -15 <br />NG:bjs <br />40 <br />Page 2 of 11 <br />