The following items are expected to be included in an ordinance to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries that will be considered March 28 by the San Diego City Council. Local opponents have voiced concern that these regulations would affect all medical marijuana collectives in La Jolla. • No dispensaries would be allowed within 1,000 feet of places of worship, parks, schools, playgrounds, libraries, child-care facilities, youth facilities and other dispensaries. • A Process 4 conditional-use permit would be required (requires approval by the San Diego Planning Commission and allows appeals to the City Council). • Dispensaries would only be allowed in the following three commercial zones: commercial regional, commercial office and commercial community — and only if no residential uses are permitted. This would also apply to certain industrial zones. • Proof of nonprofit status would be required. • Hours of operation would be limited to from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. • No grandfathering, meaning existing dispensaries would have to comply with the new requirements. — Source: San Diego City Council Sept. 13 meeting minutes.








