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ORDINANCE NO. <br />An Ordinance establishing a limit on the number of retail marijuana stores <br />in the City of Everett, and amending Ordinance No. 3443-15 <br />Whereas, the City Council finds the following: <br />1. State Initiative 502 ("I-502"), approved by Washington voters in November 2012, <br />provides a framework for licensing and regulating the production, processing and retail <br />sale of recreational marijuana. <br />2. hi July 2015, the City adopted land use regulations based on available information at the <br />time in order to provide policy and regulatory guidance and facilitate the review of <br />recreational marijuana license applications within City limits. <br />3. The State Legislature enacted the Cannabis Patient Protection Act in 2015, establishing <br />regulations for the formerly unregulated medical marijuana system and aligning it with <br />the existing recreational system. <br />4. In response to changes in state law adopted in the last legislative session, the State Liquor <br />and Cannabis Board has amended its rules on the number of retail marijuana stores to be <br />allowed in each municipality and has determined that the maximum number of retail <br />marijuana stores to be allowed in Everett shall increase from five to a total of ten. <br />5. The City Council has asked the Planning Commission to consider establishing a limit on <br />the number of marijuana retail stores, including whether the number should be limited to <br />five stores, if ten stores should be allowed, or if a number between five and ten stores is <br />an appropriate number of retail marijuana stores in the City of Everett. <br />6. There are four retail marijuana stores currently in business in Everett and a fifth is <br />approved and will soon in open for business. <br />7. There are many retail marijuana stores located in the unincorporated area of Snohomish <br />County located south of the Everett city limits. <br />8. Many cities in Washington, including cities in parts of Snohomish County surrounding <br />Everett, have enacted a total ban on the establishment of recreational marijuana retail <br />stores and production and processing facilities. <br />9. Washington courts have upheld the rights of municipalities to ban or exclude recreational <br />marijuana land uses within their local land uSe re.,'Ytulations. <br />_,Lo SM' _ �r lL �����. �. uei'1,1.I L- b ' '! -r 'd71C1 <br />-- ,0 10v <br />0 <br />