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Planning for Marijuana

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Source – Google Maps.

Aurora Cannabis Facility, Leduc County – Approved Plans

Aurora Cannabis Facility, Leduc County – Construction Process

Picture Source: http://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/article/aurora-cannabis-facility- edmonton-airport/

Effects of Marijuana

Video – Marijuana & the ‘entourage affect’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDL3_yFx-Ss

Is Marijuana all good?

Video – Family Guy – Chris Griffin explains the negative effects of marijuana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFFnbXE UO4Y

Medicinal Marijuana Over 700 Identified Treatments:

• AIDS
• Alzheimer’s
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Cancer
• Crohn’s
• Depression
• Epilepsy
• Glaucoma
• Hepatitis C
• Migraines
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Pain
• Sleep Modulation
• Tourettes
• Terminal Illness

Source – encod.org

Who Uses Marijuana?

Canada’s Population: 36,692,133 100,000 currently use medicinally (legally)

Source ottawacitizen.com

20% currently use recreationally (illegally) (7,338,427) 30% will use if legal (11,007,640)

Potential Yearly Spending:

$15,995,001,600

Source - http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marijuana-pot-poll-survey-1.3312151 Source - http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marijuana-pot-poll-survey-1.3312151 Based on a $240 cost per ounce of marijuana.

https://nvmarijuana.com/1572/dans-stash/death-rates-alcohol-vs-marijuana/

Health Canada Authorized Marijuana Producers

Source – Health Canada

The Leduc County Experience

The Leduc County Experience

What did we focus on?

• Use (what do we classify this as?)
• Operation (What processes occur?)
• Building (what does it look like?)
• Location (Does it fit here?)

Is it Agriculture?

Land Use Bylaw Definition:

AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURAL

means a growing operation that, due to its nature may require smaller tracts of land and includes buildings and structures incidental to farming. Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, this land use category may include a use such as a plant nursery, market garden, tree farm and specialty crop production.

So Why Not Agriculture? Do Marijuana Facilities:

• Use on-site soils?
• Grow outdoors?
• Require Ag buildings/barns?
• Require outdoor storage?
• Need a farm-style rural setting?
• Utilize farming machinery?

Is it Agriculture?

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Marijuana: VS Agriculture:

Building Typology:

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Is it Industrial?

Source – Google Maps

Land Use Bylaw 7-08.

Definitions (Shortened) INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT means an indoor industrial or manufacturing activity

which, in the opinion of the Development Authority, cannot be detected (noise, glare, vibration or airborne emissions) from outside of the building that houses the

• peration, and may involve altering, assembling, fabricating, finishing, inspecting,

making, processing, producing, treating or repairing, items either by hand or through the use of machinery...... In certain districts Industrial, Light may include small areas

• f Outdoor Storage. Industrial, Light may include accessory thereto Retail, Small

Format. OR...

MANUFACTURING, LIGHT means a facility used for indoor processing,

assembly and packaging of goods using innovative or advanced technology, a highly skilled work force and having no adverse environmental impact with respect to noise, glare, vibration or airborne emissions, and may include indoor storage and display of materials and products.

Planning for Marijuana

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Why it’s Industrial

Video – Meet Canada’s Massive Medical Marijuana Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmvt zfbVLJ0

Land Use Bylaw 7-08.

Definitions :

AGRICULTURAL OPERATION means an agricultural activity conducted on agricultural land for gain or reward or in the hope or expectation of gain or reward and includes Agriculture, Confined Feeding Operation; Agriculture, Extensive; Agriculture, Horticulture and Agriculture, Livestock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no operation or use related to the growing, packaging or distribution of Marijuana shall be considered under any agricultural use type.

Land Use Bylaw 01-23

“greenhouse, wholesale” means a building for the growing of flowers, plants, shrubs, trees and similar vegetation, except for marijuana grown for medical purposes, which are sold from the parcel at wholesale and does not include the accessory sale of related goods. “Medical Marijuana Facility (MMF)” means any building in which an activity authorized by the medical marijuana production regulations (Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations SOR/2013-119), or any successor or replacement legislation or regulation, is or may be conducted including such activities as growing, processing, labeling and packaging, storing, and transporting of marijuana.”

Safety Codes Classifications

Group F,

Division 3: Buildings (includes greenhouses) where only growing operations take place.

• Typically of low human occupancy
• May be identified as a Low-hazard industrial occupancy
• Combustible content is not more than 50 kg/m2 or 1 200 MJ/m2 of floor area.

Division 2: Buildings where processing and handling operations take place.

• May be Identified as Medium-hazard industrial occupancy
• Combustible content is more than 50 kg/m2 or 1 200 MJ/m 2 of floor area and not

classified as a high-hazard industrial occupancy. Division 1: Buildings where processing may include flammable liquids or gases

• May be identified as High-hazard industrial occupancy
• Sufficient quantities of highly combustible and flammable or explosive materials

which, because of their inherent characteristics, constitute a special fire hazard.

The Leduc County Experience

The Leduc County Experience

The Leduc County Experience

Review Process: 1) Drawing review 2) Circulation of plans 3) Review against zoning regulations 4) Decision 5) Conditions

The Leduc County Experience

How we classified/described the proposal:

Elevation Plan:

The Leduc County Experience

The Leduc County Experience

Key Conditions of Approval:

Federal Approvals: Health & Safety Security Cautionary (CYOA – Cover Your Own Arse)

Recreational Legalization

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Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations

Key Considerations for Planners:

• Medicinal Marijuana Growing Facilities
• Use Type

(Industrial, Commercial, Manufacturing, AG (at your own risk) or a new use type)

• Appropriate Zoning

(Direct to appropriate Districts – Industrial – Business – Commercial etc)

• Setbacks

(May already be appropriate in certain districts – increase through regulations if necessary)

BILL C-45 (the ‘Cannabis Act’)

Regulating Legalized Marijuana

The Proposed Ontario Model

Loosely based on existing alcohol and tobacco experiences

• Purchase and possession age of 19
• Possession limit of 30 grams
• Undertaking public education campaigns
• Prohibiting the sale of marijuana and alcohol together
• Shutting down existing ‘dispensaries’
• Controlled by Liquor Control Board of Ontario
• Consumption in private residencies ONLY

Planning for Marijuana

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Regulating Legalized Marijuana

So what about...........

Alberta's Timeline for Marijuana

Source – alberta.ca

How Municipalities Can Prepare

Initial Steps Recommended by the FCM:

• Passing a motion in council directing municipal staff to prepare
• ptions for land-use by-law amendments in anticipation of

direction from other orders of government.

• Conducting research on the local impacts of cannabis legalization

and implications for municipal governments.

• Engage with your province or territory through

provincial/territorial municipal associations or directly in a PT consultation process.

• Create a timeline and work plan.

How Municipalities Are Preparing

Zoning Bylaw 12800

Cannabis Retail Sales means development used for the retail sale of Cannabis that is authorized by provincial or federal

• legislation. This Use does not include Cannabis Production and

Distribution.

New Definitions:

Cannabis Lounges means development where the primary purpose of the facility is the sale of Cannabis to the public, for the consumption within the premises that is authorized by provincial or federal legislation. This Use does not include Cannabis Production and Distribution.

How Can Municipalities Prepare?

Start early public engagement to determine:

• Do people want ‘weed cafes’?
• Where should they be?
• Should the number be restricted?
• How far from schools and parks should they be?
• What should the definitions say?

Planning for Marijuana

Agriculture =

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Want Some Marijuana?... information

Reliable Sources:

• Alberta Urban Municipalities Association

www.auma.ca

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities

www.fcm.ca

• Health Canada
• Federal & Provincial Governments

Slightly Less Reliable Sources:

• Me: Colin Richards, Senior Planner, Leduc County

colin@leduc-county.com 780-979-6180

• Social Media
• Most news outlets