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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarijuana Correspondencetr yyi~: 0 13 To Paul Hahn and Bill Connelly: Unfortunately, I have had tao much time on my hands to do nothing, but lay on Ice, so reading and working on this was a time killer I have put together a few items that I feel need to be considered and or addressed in the ordinance. The Butte County only is so important, I wanted to give you all the help and info I could to show why it will not work, to have anything else. Once you start with exceptions, it gets murky and people feel things are unfair, they will fight even harder for unfair, and we do not need that. Example "well you let him grow for his brother and I can not grow for my best friend, that not fair." Is gust one of what I already heard. I am getting this to you, incase I can not make the meeting on Feb. l2~'. Sorry to give Paul and Bruce more work. Thanks Patricia Vance / / Word Harvest left out. The entire ordinance is leaving out the word "Harvest" when you say Cultivation, in areas where it applies to both. When we divided out Harvest from Cultivation , as two different processes, when you just say cultivation, now it leaves out "Harvest" were applicable Needs to be added. or your not covering the who process and then you have not defined the parameters' of "Harvest." So who, and were it can be done, is not covered. If its not spelled out or mentioned, like here in collectives, Pg 12 line 21 is for the Nuisance Declared; Cultivation Restrictions. No mention of the same restrictions or guidelines, limitations for who can harvest, as in Pg 15 line 14-23. Cultivation on line 17, 19, 21, 22, 23. Because this is Nuisance Declared; Cultivation Restrictions. Not sure the word Harvest should be added here with cultivation ? So do we need to address this issue separately, in another area? Or add the word Harvest as Cultivation and Harvest Restrictions. Resident Re uirements• Pg. 16 line 10 Line 11 a} Persons engaging in cultivation of medical marijuana shall meet the following requirements; Should be, (a) Persons engaging in Cultivation and harvesting of medical marijuana shall meet the following requirements: Line 14 one { 1 }year to cultivating medical marijuana in Butte county Should be: one (1) year to cultivating and or harvesting medical marijuana in Butte county Line 16 (2} As to the premises relating to the cultivation of medical marijuana Should be: (2) As to the premises relating to the cultivation and harvesting of medical marijuana. No speciation's about how can harvest in collectives. Pa lb line 23-24 (2) Tf a medical marijuana collective member is directly involved in the cultivation of medical marijuana, Should be; (2} zf a medical marijuana collective member is directly or indirectly involved in the cultivation and / or harvesting of medical marijuana, PE 201ine 11 Cultivation Should be: Cultivation and / or Harvest Pg 17 line 9 Cultivation Should be: Cultivating and 1 or harvesting 1 am not sure this is all the areas that may need Harvest added so if you keep in mind as you go through you may see more. Patricia Vance (7) Sf the premises is equal to or greater than twenty (20) acres in size but less than forty (40) acres in size, no more than seventy-two (72) mature marijuana plants or ninety-nine (99) immature marijuana plants shall be cultivated on the premises. If both mature and immature marijuana plants are cultivated on the premises, there shall be no more than seventy-two (72) mature marijuana plants and no more than ninety-nine (99} total marijuana plants. Plants may be cultivated indoors, outdoors, or a combination of both; (8) If the premises is equal to or greater than forty (40) acres in size, no more than ninety-nine (99) plants, whether mature or immature, may be cultivated on the premises. Plants may be cultivated indoors, outdoors, or a combination of both. 14 (b) 'the limitations of section 34A-4(a) shall be unposed regardless of the number of qualified patients or primary caregivers residing at the premises or participating directly or indirectly in the cultivation. Further, such limitations shall be imposed notwithstanding any assertion that the persons(s) cultivating marijuana are the primary caregiver(s) for qualified patients or that such persons(s) are collectively or cooperatively cultivating marijuana. And further, all person(s) cultivating marijuana on the premises or participating directly or indirectly in the cultivation must be Butte County residents. 34A-5. Complaints. 15 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (7) If the premises is equal to or greater than twenty (20) nacres in size but less than forty {40) acres in size, no more ~ than seventy-two (72) mature marijuana plants or ninety-nine {99} immature marijuana plants shall be cultivated an the premises. Tf both mature and immature marijuana plants area cultivated on the premises, there shall be no more than seventy- two (72} mature marijuana plants and no' more than ninety-nine '{99) total marijuana plants. Plants may be cultivated indoors, . outdoors, or a combination of both, {8) If the premises is equay,.to or ,greater than forty (40) acres in size, no more than ninety,-nine {99) plants, whether mature or immature, may be cultivated on-the premises. ~'lants may be cultivated:i~doors, outdoors,.",or.a combination of both. (b) The limitations o.f section 34A-4{a} shall be imposed regardless of the number,. of qualified patients or primary caregivers resid"ng at 'the premises or participating directly or '~~N~~~~ indirect.l.y in the tiva;~on.: Further, such limitations shall be imposed:. .notwithstanding any assertion that the persons(s) cultivating marijuana are the primary caregiver{s) for qualified 7 patients or that such persons(s) are collectively or cooperatively cultivating marijuana. And further, all person{s) cultivating,~marijuana on the premises or participating directly or indirectly in the cultivation. must be Butte County residents. 34P,-5 . Co~tpla~ uts . 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 , i 15 15 17 1a 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Any person making a complaint relating to this Chapter must {a} provide their name and address and {b} reside within one thousand 11,000) feet of the property that is the subject of thel complaint {which shall be established at any hearing authorized ~by this ordinance and kept confidential by in camera disclosure}. Exceptions to the residency requirement in this section will be made for school admini-s:ttators, church pastors and public park administrators when:..=a complaint relates to a facility under their control. 34A-6 . Re9iclency requl.xena~nts . .. {a} Persons engaging in , cultivation of medical marijuana shall M,.: meet the following requirements;;. {1} Such person..-;shall have resided n..Butte,:.:County for at least', - - ~:` one {1} year prior t.o; cul~ivat~~.ng medi'ca1 marijuana in Butte a~~ County; {2) As.'to the premx:s.e.s relating,.-to the cultivation of medical marijuana, such persons shall either {A} own the premises or {B) have entered ,into a lease with the actual owner of the premises, {b) Persons whp„ are:;,members of a medical marijuana collective (must be: {1} a Butte County resident; or {2) an immediate family member or primary caregiver of a Butte' County resident. Tf a medical marijuana collective member is (directly involved in_the cultivation of medical marijuana, such 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 ~4 15 16 17 18 19 20 i 21 22 23 24 25 member must be a resident of Butte County or an immediate family member or primary caregiver of a Butte County resident. 34A-7 Eaviron~eatal requirements. , (a) All persons engaging in the cultivation of medical; marijuana shall (1) have a legal water source on the premises, {2} not engage in unlawful or unpermitted surface drawing of water for such cultivation and (3) not:_pe.rmit illegal discharges of water from the premises. ~~. (b) The premises .where the ~,t:ivation of :medical marijuana takes place shall either be haoked::up to.a municipalities' sewer system or have a Butte County inspected and approved sewage disposal system. (c) Persons engaging in hhe cul~~ration` and/or harvest of medical marijuana shall`;-,use, dispose and store chemicals used in such cultivation and/or: harv `u~suant to applicable laws. 34A-8 ;;5etbaaks;: Other;Restrictons. (a) Each. detached ,structure or outdoor area in which the marijuana is cultivated shall be set back from the boundaries of the premises as follows: (1} If the premises is four-tenths (0.4} of an acre in size or less, each detached structure shall be set back at least fifteen (15) feet from all boundaries of the premises, (2} If the premises is greater than four-tenths (0.4) of an acre in size but less than one and a half (1.5) acres in size, each detached structure or outdoor area shall be set back at I7 1 the premises, unless the Director of Development Services or his 2 or her designee or the Board of Supervisors reduces or waives 3 this requirement based upon an irregular lot shape making it 4 difficult to comply with such setback requirements. 5 (9) With respect to subsections 34A-8(a}(2-$), such setback 6 distance shall be measured in a straight Line from the building 7 in which the marijuana is cultivated or if the marijuana is 8 cultivated in an outdoor area, from the fence required by 9 section 34A-10, to the boundary.. ;.line of the premises. 10 {b) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection 34A-§4(a) 11 above, the ,cultivation of marijuana, ;.whether grown collectively 12 or individually, in any amount'or.quantty, shall not be allowed 13 in the following,,areas: 14 {1} Within one thousand {.1,000) feet of a youth-oriented 15 facility,,. a school:, .,a ..park, or any church or residential 16 treatment facility as defined Yierein, 17 (2)`.: Within six hundred (600} feet from a school bus stop. 18 (3) Qutdoors within one hundred {100) feet of any occupied 19 residential structure` located on a separate legal parcel, 20 provided, however, that any person Fultivating na more than 6 21 mature or 12 immature marijuana plants (or 12 marijuana plants 22 total with no more than six (6] mature plants in such 23 combination) shall not grow outdoors within thirty (30} feet of 24 any occupied residential structure located on a separate legal 25 parcel. 20 The term "indoors" used incorrectly. Pg 10 line 9-11 says "if you grow indoors you also have to harvest indoors." the term indoors, after harves#. Does not work here because: on Pg 91ine 18 - 25 all the terms "detached" and on Pg. l O line 1 "detached" . Pg 10 line 4-8 starting with the word "such structure" and 15 ft setbacks and "fenced" Drying buds would work in the detached here, under .04 indoors? But most of the processing, sniping the buds and storing , is done at kitchen tables in the house with air conditioning. it is hot summer weather, or winter cold as seen on TV documentaries even made by Advocates. ~ thinly. this is a place where a lot of the advocates are going to have a BIG objection #o the ordinance and we do not need that. Because they are not going to process the marijuana in the detached structure they grow in. Summery: Needs to change the word "indoors" for the processing part maybe find a way to say for d~'ng? That is def antly needed. Do not know how bad the smell is for snipping, but do know they are going to do it at a table with a comfortable climate, winter and summer. Which would not be the 120 sq ft detached building in the back yard. i am just concerned about having the wrong fight. Patricia Vance $Q~.d W 15 7~t Cp+c~Muu~d ~'~rctis rFxor~ orr ~ lll~e.+4 r-s `' S~"'~'ad ~lJ ~ Q Le,,~ ( B detached,~~fu11y-enclosed and secure structure used for they 2 ~~cultivation of marijuana must have a ventilation and filtration 3~~system installed that shall prevent marijuana plant odors from! 4~lexiting the interior of the structure. Such structure shall be 5 located in the rear yard area of a legal parcel or premises 6 maintain a minimum fifteen {15) foot setback from all pr t~f 7 lines and the area surrounding the structure o Sack yard must 8 be enclosed by a solid fence at leas ix {5) feet in height. 9 When this Chapter requires t cultivation of-marijuana occur 10 indoors, the harves of such marij-Nana shall also be 11 accomplishe indoors. ~.„ 12 {i) "legal parcel" means any parcel of real property that may be 13 separately sold, ;in compliance with: the Subdivision Map Act 14 (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the 15 Government, Cade).` '.. 16 {j) "Marijuaziaplant"::means any mature or immature marijuana 17 plant,`"`or any marijuana seedling, unless otherwise specifically 18 provided herein. A ".mature" marijuana plant is one whose sex 19 can be determined. by visual inspection. 20 (k) "Medical marihuana collective" means qualified patients, 21 persons with valid identification cards, and the designated 22 primary caregivers of qualified patients who associate by 23 agreement, or form a cooperative in accordance with Section 2~ 12300 of the Corporations Code within the unincorporated area of 25 the County in order to collectively or cooperatively cultivate 10 4q~ ° -0~ ~~ m h ~i ~- fi s- "Harvest" odors: The odors coming from the drying and processing the marijuana are as bad or worse as the odors coming from cultivating. ( This was discussed at the last meetings when they separated Haxvest out of Cultivating as a separate part of the process of medical marijuana. and (all agreed about the odors} Advocates even said "anyone would be crazy not to have a ventilation system," But also said they and there neighbors all like the smell ) There are heaters and fans to dry the buds. In the barns by me, it is big commercial heaters and fans. These not only dry the buds but fight the mold and mildew the growers talk about. No where in the ordinance is this issue addressed, If you are only going to ask for cultivation and harvest indoors with no odors on smaller properties, then allow them to dry in a garage 10 ft from the neighbors house, with no odor regulations, on over .04 than you have done almost nothing to address the odar problem on larger lots with just setbacks for cultivating. Requiring setbacks far the cultivating for my neighbor of 75 ft from the property line, but allowing the horrible odors from the drying and removing the buds to be done 30 feet from her home in her neighbors garage. With no odor regulations. This is on a 10 acres and above parcels. Where unfortunately placing of your residents and septic and well are determent by the landscape not were you would prefer, So even on a large acreage, even for myself my residents is not the privacy or distance from my neighbors harvest in a barn. Pg 9 line 15-1d "Harvest" Says nothing about odors coming from the building like it does in structures on under A4 and under. Need to add : Pg 91ine 15 After secure building "and must have a ventilation and filtration system installed that shall prevent.marijuana plant odors from exiting the interior of the structure" Q-~-~ t..rz~..s ~ ~ r ~ ~ Qr cter~es ~ D ~ ~ 3 ~~ (( Patricia Vance 1 enforcement officer, as established by Butte County Ordinance 2 Number 2652. 3 (d) "Cultivation" means the planting and growing of one or more 4 marijuana plants or any part thereof in any location, indoor or 5 outdoor, including from within a fully enclosed and secure 6 building. 7 (e) "Enforcing Officer" means the Code. Enforcement Officer or 8 his ar her authorized deputies or designees, each of whom is 9 independently authorized to enforce this Chapter.,. 10 (f) "Fence" means a wall ar a';:barrier,.cannected by boards, 11 masonry, rails, panels, .wire or any ether materials approved by ', 12 the Department of Development Services: for the purpose of 13 enclosing space az.separating;..parcels::of land. The term "fence" 14 does not include:. retaining walls, ,.: ,..... _. m~ -. 15 (g) "Harvest" means the, drying; processing, ar storage of 16 marijuana which.. may on:~y occur in a fully enclosed and secure 17 building-. .~ ~:~¢~ 18 (h) "Indoors'.' means within a fully enclosed and secure detached 19 structure that,.comples with the California Building Standards 20 Cade (Title 24 California Code of Regulations}, as adopted by 21 the County of Butte. The detached structure must be secure 22 against unauthorized entry, accessible only through one or more 23 lockable doors and may be constructed of any approved building 24 materials, including glass, as long as the marijuana being 25 cultivated cannot be seen from any public right-of-way. Any 9 `~~ '•, r `~ ~~ ~~. k a~ 1 Any person making a complaint relating to this Chapter must (a) 2 provide their name and address and (b} reside within one 3 thousand {1,000) feet of the property that is the subject of the 4 complaint {which shall be established at any hearing authorized 5 by this ordinance and kept confidential by in camera 6 disclosure}. Exceptions to the residency requirement in this 7 section will be made for school administrators, church pastors $ and public park administrators when.:a complaint relates to a 9 facility under their control. 10 34A-6. Residency zequire~ents. 11 (a} Persons engaging in :. eultivation;:;of>'inedical marijuana shall 12 meet the following requirements: 13 (1} Such person shall have resided.`;T.n.,But~e County for at least 14 one {1) year prior to`:cultivatirig medical marijuana in Butte l5 County; 16 {2} As to the .'premises relating, to the cultivation of medical 17 marijuana,. such persons shall either (A} own the premises or (B) 18 have entered; into a lease with the actual owner of the premises. 19 (b} Persons who.. are ::members of a medical marijuana collective 2b must be: 21 {1) a Butte County resident; or 22 {2) an immediate family member or primary caregiver of a Butte 23 County resident. If a medical marijuana collective member is 24 directly involved in the cultivation of medical marijuana, such 16 1 member must be a resident of Butte County or an immediate family 2 membe.r,or primary caregiver of a Butte County resident. 3 34A-7 8nvironmenta]. ~requa.eats . 4 (a} A11 persons engaging in the cultivation of medical 5 marijuana shall (1) have a legal water source on the premises, 6 (2) not engage in unlawful or unpermitted surface drawing of 7 water for such cultivation and (3) not ,.permit illegal discharges 8 of water from the premises. 9 (b) The premises where the cultivation of medical marijuana 10 takes place shall either be hooked. up to a municipalities' sewer 11 system or have a Butte .County inspee~ed and approved sewage 12 disposal system. 13 (c) Persons engaging in the cultivation-.and/or harvest of 14 medical marijuana shall use, dispose and,-store chemicals used in 15 such cultivatian and/or.;:;harvest pursuant to applicable laws. 16 34A-B ',Setbacks: Other<Restrictons. 17 (a) Each detached-..structure or outdoor area in which the 18 Marijuana is. .cultivated shall be set back from the boundaries of 19 the premises as:foll.ows: 20 (1} xf the premises is four--tenths (0.4) of an acre in size or 21 less, each detached structure shall be set back at least fifteen 22 (15} feet from all boundaries of the premises. 23 (2) If the premises is greater than four-tenths (0.4} of an 24 acre in size but less than one and a half (1.5) acres in size, 25 each detached structure or outdoor area shall be set back at 17 Here is why on Pg 16 line 21 Starting with "or" throagh Pg 17 line 1-2 must be removed. They are in direct conflict with one year residency and Butte County only requirements in other locations in the ordinance. The number ane most important part of the ordinance, first item the committee agreed on and it was unanimous 100%. Was Butte County only grown in Butte County by a Butte County resident. The number two most important item was at least a years residency. 100% Page 161ine 11-15 Persons engaging in cultivation of medical marijuana shall meet the following requirements; (1 } such person shall have resided in Butte County for at least one year prior to cultivating medical marijuana in Butte County. Page 161ine 19-20 Persons who are members of a medical marijuana collective must be: Pg 161ine 21 (1} a Butte county resident ; or Pg 16 line 22-24 (2) an immediate family member or primary caregiver Of a Butte County resident. If a medical marijuana collective member is directly involved in the cultivation of medical marijuana such Pg 171ine 1-2 member must be a resident of butte county or an immediate family member or primary caregiver of a butte county resident. (2) above--- immediate family was added when one of the advocates said "oh T grow for my mother in LA", l said "how do you legally transport that many pounds.? Advocates got upset, said committee is not going there. E~planatron; of why this makes this who,section not work to help an one if immediate fa is not removed. (2 }above ----(immediate family member or a primary caregiver ) Yf immediate fam__ily_and caregiver of Butte,County resident is not taken out, then the plan# count will remain the same and all the problems will still be the same, especially on larger grows. ( immediate family member) )<mpossible far sheriff to verify. Who is oin to ve ' the immediate famil and how? How many people do you think it would take to verify even one 99 plant grow? How many weeks.? Sorting throw birth certificate, marriage license? Starting with (not same name because- sister marred and mom remarried, its my half brother with a different dad. Not only is this ridicules, It takes sway the purpose of Butte County resident only, cultivating and harvesting in Butte County. It will allow everyone who wants to grow LA, SF recommendations to just say oh that's my mom, sis, step dad, of course they are telling the truth, but the sheriff will have noway to prove one way or the other, (2}above----{ or a primary caregiver of a butte county resident.) -- makes it so these guys who come every summer from other counties and states to grow for property owners here, by saying he is a "caregiver for the Butte Coun residents." This is in direct contradiction to other laces in the ordinance that sa s Butte Coun resident onl can cultivate marijuana. An exam le of a co-o under the resent ordinance. co-op would only need one caregiver {from anywhere) for a recommendations of a Butte County resident and one Butte County resident with a recommendation, all the other recommendations from LA, SF, etc. will be of course, "immediate family members". With only two Butte County recommendation out of up to 1, 6, and up to 96 plants. Everyone at the meetings agreed "that the out of state and county growers are causing most of the problems," They do not care about our forest, drinking water or our quality of life, property values, because they do not have a home here and there kids do not live here. They want the property values to be low, another grow sight, cheap. Neart problem, about who can grow in collectives Pg 171ine 1-2 member must be a resident of Butte County" or an immediate family member caregiver for a butte County resident, This wording sound like, Ari2ona, Florida, Texas guys (who have been coming to grow for last 5 yrs) as long as they say there "an immediate family member or a caregiver," can be directly involved in the cultivation? Which does not comply with 34A-4 Pg. 151ine21-23 "And further, all person(s) cultivating marijuana on the premises or participating directly or indirectly in the cultivation must be a Butte county resident. ? It is either one or the other, can not be both and I am concerned the or is going to nullify the original intent of the committee. Also "or immediate family or caregiver" this does not comply with the one year residency requirement, if allowing anyone from out of Butte County to be a member of a co-op as a family member or caregiver not from Butte .County. One year residency was very important to the whole committee.100% SummaY` an rust__cut everything from Pa 16 hn e,,21 starting with "or" through P 171ine 2. Would be the easiest. OR Need to._leave out t2) Ps 16 line 21-23 star_tina with the word "or an immediate. famil member or primary ~ ',, v ,caregiver of a Butte County resident " Pg 17 line 1 "or an immediate family. member of a primary caregiver of a Butte County resident. ~ ~ _~~ Needs to be chanced to; P f6 line 23 ~If a medical marijuana collective member is directl or an ireetl revolved m the culhvati „_~ _ ,,,,,.,~__,r,~, ... y . ' „ , ,'on and/or harvest of medical marijuana such member must be a resident of Butte Coun Patricia Vance Moghannam, Kathleen From: David Masarik [masarikgold@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 20'13 6:24 PM To: Connelly, Bifl; Wahl, Larry; Lambert, Steve; Teeter, Doug; Kirk, Maureen; Spellings, Tim Subject: addendum, previous letter mj, meeting Dear Supervisors, I would like to add a few things to my previous letter. Firstly, I would like to say. As far the committee goes. Pat Vance was (is) a good advocate for the foothills residents,against outdoor pot grows and has been for the past several years. However she was the only experienced member who actually lives in the foothills. Therefore we were vastly under respresented. Our other comments are:- Those who live in the unincorperated areas of the County pay the same property taxes, the same sales tax,as those who live in the cities, plus now an added fire fee. Therfore we deserve the protections via, rules and regulations as those who live in the incorperated azeas. Anything Iess is discrimination. Making those of us who live in the unincorperated areas feel less worthy. As Supervisor Wahl said at one of the meetings, the Board is there is represent, all of the residents and not just a select few, {meaning the pot growers). Those who live in the cities, do not have to put up with acres and acres of smelly pot plants, and everything that entails, including crime, guns going off all hours of the day and night, and the smell of pot plants, that permeet the house, its in our living zooms, our bedrooms, its in our drapes its everywhere. And Chats not fair. Our homes are now becoming unlivable. Because of the addicted pot growers and their outdoor grows. My property value has plummeted, to practically zero. Who wants to buy a house next to a large pot grow? ! ! ! We can't even rent the house! ? It is now a liability. What do you say to prospective buyers or renters, Oh, by the way do you .mind living next door to a pot farm??. What the hell! !. Business's that create an unpleasant Oder, are located far away from residential areas. for example the land fill on Neal Road in Chico, is located far, faz away from residents, not only for health and safety reasons, but also for the smell. Residents in the rural azeas who may have livestock, cannot raise pigs because of the smell. And yet here the County expects us to put with worst smell of all. Out door pot grows. This whole ordinance is wrong and should be thrown out because it is discriminanatory. It is unfair, unreasonable and unacceptable. The other option is to do what the original proposition 215 stated that only 6 plants to be grown for Compassionate Use only. And by the way it didn't go unoticed, as to why this controversial issue is coming to the Board early in February, when the pot cultivation is dormant right now. Instead of the summer and early fall, when its in full bloom and at its smelliest Advocate for my property rights, the right to enjoy my own home, and quality of life. f ~ / :~ ~~; C/~ ~~ Moghannam, Kathleen From: David Masarik [masarikgold@yahoo.corn] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:59 PM To: Connelly, Bill; Wahl, Larry; Kirk, Maureen; Lambed;, Steve; Teeter, Doug Subject: Feb 12 Board Meeting, draft ordinance, mj. This new draft ordinance, is not a compromise, This new draft ordinance is a smackdown! ! ! ! Where is the compromise?? we don't see it. The only compromise was on the side of the opposition to the pot growers. The anti-pot grows, on the quote unquote "committee". Got completely run aver by the pro-growers. One of the reasons being, on the pro side, They had a lawyer, on the their side, on the committee! ! ! ! as well as a well known pro-pot activist, who is a member or officer of several pro-pot organizations. The balance of the playing field was definitely unfair. Being as the pro-pat growers had an attorney on their side of the committee and the opposition dzd nat. This most definitely should not have been allowed. As it gave the pro-pot growers a distinct advantage. The proof is right in front of us written in black and white. In this monstrosity called a draft ordinance. I would like to know the process, as to how the people were chosen to serve on the "committee". What we do know is that they were hand picked. what was the procedure? was there a public notice in the newspaper,? were applications filled out? what was the protocol? Because the balance was definitely for the pro-pot growers. Commenting on the draft itself. Page 7 lines 8-9-10 collectives should not be allowed, neither co-ops, being as the compassionnate use Proposition 215 passed in 1996, allowed six plants only, far personal use and does not allow unlimited quantities of medical marijuana to be grown anywhere. After all the Federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. Public Health, Safety, and the Environment is the main concern. No cultivation should occur within 1000ft of a school bus stop. Many kids walk to the bus stop, and hang out together for a while before the bus arrives. Daycare centers should also be protected, by 1000ft. Pages 13 thru 15 Deals with parcel sizes and allowable medical marijuana plants. This is where the shock came in for those of us who are against outdoor grows, the awful odors they emit, and the danger they present to the neighbors and the community as a whole. Anyone can see that these 3 pages were orchestrated, by the pro-pot team, and the attorney member on their committee. Simply by the enormous increase in plants suggested on each and every parcel .The sheer numbers are off the charts. Way too many! ! ! Page 131ine 13. 1.5 to 3 acres 18 mature to 36 imature 3 acres to 5 acres 24 mature to 48 imature. Unbelieavable r r ! r ! ~e list goes on and on. Page 141ine 7 5 to 10 acres. 48 mature to 96 mmature 10 acres 66 mature to 99 imature, This is horrendous absolutely horrendous. This is too much! ! ! !. The list continues, to 40 acres or mare to 99 plants the max. 66 mature plants is way too many for 10 acres and up to 99 imature plants! ! . The whole unincorperated areas of the County aze going to be a stinking mess! ! ! But that doesn't worry Staff or the Administration because they don"t live there! ! ! ! Oh and if you have an irregular lot, and can't fit or comply with the regulation, staff will make the set back closer to the next door neighbors. They didn't even think to protect the next door neighbors, by reducing the amount of plants they can grow because they only may have one or two usuable acres. The operative word is usuable and should be put into language in the draft as 66 plants or however how rr~any on usuable acres only. If you can only use 2or 3 acres then you can only grow the designated 1$ mature ants. And not encroach on the neighbors. G;~~S~C~/~'o C Pages 15 and lb Complaints. This is another travisty trumped up by the pro-pot team and their committee member attorney.Any person making a complaint must provide their name and address. Yeah, I don't think so people are going to put themselves and their families lives at risk. The reasoning speaks far itself. Page 16. Residency requirements. All persons having outdoor grows, should reside at the property. Not only be a resident far a year in Butte County, this should be there perminant address. No relative, family member, or friend should be responsible for the pot plants, only the owner of the property who has the prescription. Page 38 section 2 (CEQUA) This chapter should be subject to (cequa} or at least warrants an E.I.R. Because the subject matter is detrimental not only to the environment. but to its inhabitants. Contamination of our groundwater, with pesticides, and chemicals, and rat poison. Contamination of our wells, this is our drinking water! ! ! ! Contamination of the air, a black oily substance on my patio furniture, if its in the air and on my furniture, its in my lungs. The destruction of the trees, the birds and owl habitats. The loss of wildlife, deer, jack rabbits, etc. The general public is defmately affected by this ordinance. We do not live in an agriculturl area, our designation is residential. This is why we have different land uses for different purposes. Farming and growing outdoor pot plants is agriculture. Ag propertys are allowed and sometimes not allowed it use certain pesticides. For the health and safety of the public at Iarge. Anywhere from 18 to 99 pot plants is a crop. And dangerous chemicals are being used in residential areas where they shouldn't be. And quite possibly making our children, grandchildren, our seniors who aze always at home, very sick. This is why residential and ag shouldn't be mixed. Advocate for the right to enjoy our own home, in peace and safety.