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2 <br /> City of Everett <br /> Outline of Collective Garden Zoning Regulations <br /> E2SSB 5073 §403 allows a patient to join a Collective Garden for the purpose of procuring <br /> necessary cannabis for medical use.Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 19 EMC(Ordinance <br /> No. 1671-89,as amended),these regulations allow establishment of Collective Gardens, as <br /> defined herein,with the approval of the Planning Director and subject to the following,and are <br /> the sole means of establishing Collective Gardens within the City: <br /> A. "Collective Gardens"shall have the same meaning as that term is referenced and defined <br /> in E2SSB 5073 §403. <br /> B. The Planning Director,under Review Process I(Article II, Chapter 15.16,EMC),may , <br /> issue written authorization for a Collective Garden allowing Collective Gardens as an allowed <br /> land use subject to the following requirements: <br /> 1. Prior to applying for a written authorization for a Collective Garden, an applicant <br /> must send a letter to the U.S.Department of Justice stating: "the undersigned requests <br /> authorization to operate a medical cannabis Collective Garden,as defined in Revised Code of <br /> Washington 69.51A.085, including the possession,manufacture,and distribution of medical <br /> cannabis."Prior to accepting any application for a Collective Garden authorization,the Planning <br /> Director must make a determination that the application is complete.An application is only <br /> complete if it is accompanied by a letter from the U.S.Department of Justice authorizing the <br /> Collective Garden's requested activity and the letter is deemed satisfactory by the Planning <br /> Director. <br /> 2. . No more than one Collective Garden is permitted per tax parcel. <br /> 3. Collective Gardens must perform all actions on a single tax parcel,except foil <br /> direct delivery to a qualified patient-member's permanent residence. <br /> 4. Collective Gardens must fully comply with the requirements of Chapter 69.51A, <br /> RCW. <br /> 5. Collective Gardens shall be allowed only in the M-1 and M-2 zones, but are <br /> prohibited within one thousand feet of(i)any area of the City zoned for residential purposes, <br /> including the R-S,R-1,R-2,R-1(A),R-2(A),R-3,R-3(L),R-4,R-5 zones, and any other <br /> residential zone hereafter adopted by the City and(ii)any other Collective Garden.Distances <br /> provided for herein shall be measuredby following a straight line,without regard to intervening <br /> buildings, from the nearest point of the property parcel upon which the proposed Collective <br /> Garden is or is to be located,to the nearest point of the parcel of property or the zoning district <br /> boundary line from which the proposed Collective Garden is or is to be separated. <br /> 14 <br />