2018/05/09 Council Agenda Packet

1 • ORDINANCE NO. 41ETT An Ordinance Amending Section C of Ordinance No.3486-16 (EMC 19.39.145,as amended),Increasing the Number of Permitted Recreational Marijuana Retail Stores to Not More than Ten and Reducing the Required Separation Between Stores to Five-Hundred Feet. WHEREAS,the City Council fmds the following: 1. The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 3486-16, establishing a limit on the number of permitted recreational marijuana retail stores in the city limits of Everett to not more than five; 2. The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board(WSLCB)will allow up to ten recreational marijuana stores within the Everett city limits; 3. Subsection c.13 of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 3486-16,provided for review of the number of retail stores to be permitted by June 1,2018; 4. The Planning Commission held a public workshop on February 20, 2018, at which they requested additional information from City staff regarding a variety of standards in the City's current regulations for recreational marijuana retail stores, and took public testimony about the current regulations; 5. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on April 3, 2018,to consider information provided by City staff and to take additional public testimony; 6. The information provided by City staff indicates that: a. only one other city in Washington that allows for recreational marijuana retail stores allows fewer stores than allowed by the WSLCB; b. other cities do have minimum separation requirements between recreational marijuana retail stores,but none as large as Everett's standard of 2,500 feet; c. the Police Department review of calls for service from or about recreational marijuana stores in the City of Everett is not conclusive about any increase in calls service in comparison to other retail uses in the vicinity of recreational marijuana retail stores. 1 2