INITIATIVE MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS

The county counsel has prepared the following title and summary of the chief
purpose and points of the proposed measure:

THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA CONTROL ACT INITIATIVE MEASURE

If adopted by the voters, this initiative would repeal any then_existing County regulations
contained in Article 72 of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance and establish new regulations
regarding the size, location, and manner in which medical marijuana may be cultivated in
unincorporated areas of Lake County. The proposed initiative seeks to prohibit cultivation on
vacant parcels except for contiguous parcels as defined therein. It would further provide that
cultivation is an accessory use to an existing Permitted Residential Use of a legal parcel as
defined therein, and the qualified patient or primary caregiver engaged in individual cultivation
must reside at the site of the legal parcel.

The proposed initiative measure would prohibit outdoor cultivation by qualified patients and
primary caregivers on all legal parcels with certain exceptions as to legal parcels with Permitted
Residential Use. For a parcel less than one acre in size, more than four plants per parcel is
prohibited and all collective cultivation is prohibited. If the parcel is at least one acre but less
than five acres in size, more than twelve plants is prohibited. If the parcel is at least five acres in
size, more than forty_eight plants is prohibited.

The proposed initiative would establish setbacks on legal parcels with Permitted Residential Use
which would prohibit outdoor medical marijuana from being cultivated or otherwise placed:
1. Within twenty feet of any property line or within twenty_five feet of any off_site residence,
measured from the edge of the cultivation area in Zoning Districts R1, R2, R3, and PDR, and on
all legal parcels of less than one acre in size;
2. Within fifty feet of any property line or within seventy_five feet of any off_site residence as
measured from the edge of the cultivation area on parcels which are at least one acre but less
than five acres in size and on parcels which are at least five acres but less than twenty acres in
size.

The proposed initiative would create a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division in the County
Community Development Department which would oversee and enforce compliance with this
ordinance. The proposed initiative would create a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Officer
position whose functions and duties would be the same as the Medical Marijuana Enforcement
Division. The proposed initiative would require that no Medical Marijuana Enforcement Officer
shall be hired by the Community Development Director unless ratified by a majority vote of the
Board of Supervisors following a public hearing on the qualifications of the applicant.

The proposed initiative would require that all collective cultivation activity of more than twelve
plants per legal parcel must be registered annually with the Medical Marijuana Enforcement
Division before plants are planted and would require payment of a fee per plant, not to exceed
$50 per plant.

This initiative would provide that any violation of the ordinance would constitute a public
nuisance subject to the abatement procedures described therein and would subject the violator to
civil actions and administrative penalties. Additionally, the violator may be charged with an
infraction.




Dated: April 16, 2014 _________________
ANITA L. GRANT
County Counsel
County of Lake