[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
This Chapter shall be known as "The Medical Marijuana Ordinance
for St. Charles County, Missouri."
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply within and throughout
the unincorporated part of St. Charles County, Missouri.
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It is the purpose of this Chapter to regulate the time, manner,
and operation of medical marijuana businesses to promote the health,
safety, and general welfare of the citizens of St. Charles County,
Missouri, and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent
the possible deleterious operation, location, and concentration of
medical marijuana businesses within St. Charles County, Missouri.
It is neither the intent nor effect of this Chapter to deny Qualifying
Patients access to medical marijuana as provided by Amendment 2. It
is neither the intent nor effect of this Chapter to condone or legitimize
the illicit possession, distribution, or delivery of any controlled
substance.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
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AMENDMENT 2
COUNTY LICENSE
DEPARTMENT
FACILITY
IDENTIFICATION CARD
LICENSEE
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA
MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TESTING FACILITY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TRANSPORTATION FACILITY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
PATIENT or QUALIFYING PATIENT
PERSON
PRIMARY CAREGIVER
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
A voter-initiated amendment to the Missouri constitution
adopted November 6, 2018, codified as Section 1 of Article XIV of
the Missouri Constitution.
A County Medical Marijuana Business License issued by St.
Charles County pursuant to this Chapter.
The State of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services,
or its successor agency.
A Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility; a Medical Marijuana-Infused
Products Manufacturing Facility; a Medical Marijuana Testing Facility;
a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility; a Medical Marijuana Transportation
Facility; any combination thereof; or any business related to the
possession, sale, use, cultivation, or manufacture of Marijuana. Any
warehouses constructed for a Facility are to be considered part of
the Facility for which the warehouse is being constructed.
A card issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services that permits a Qualified Patient or Primary Caregiver to
purchase medical Marijuana.
An entity issued a license or certification by the Department
for the cultivation, manufacture, dispensing, sale, testing, tracking,
and/or transportation of Marijuana for medical use.
Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis ruderalis,
hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood,
within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as
resin extracted from the plant and marijuana-infused products. "Marijuana"
or "Marihuana" does not include industrial hemp containing a crop-wide
average tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed three-tenths
of one percent (3/10 of 1%) on a dry weight basis, or commodities
or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
Products that are infused with Marijuana or an extract thereof
and are intended for use or consumption other than by smoking, including
but not limited to edible products, ointments, tinctures, and concentrates.
A Facility licensed by the Department to acquire, cultivate,
process, store, transport, and sell marijuana to a Medical Marijuana
Dispensary Facility, Medical Marijuana Testing Facility, or to a Medical
Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.
A Facility licensed by the Department, to acquire, store,
sell, transport, and deliver Marijuana, Marijuana-Infused Products,
and drug paraphernalia used to administer Marijuana as provided for
in this Section to a Qualifying Patient, a Primary Caregiver, another
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a Medical Marijuana Testing
Facility, or a Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.
A Facility certified by the Department to acquire, test,
certify, and transport Marijuana.
A Facility certified by the Department to transport Marijuana
to a Qualifying Patient, a Primary Caregiver, a Medical Marijuana
Cultivation Facility, a Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing
Facility, a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a Medical Marijuana
Testing Facility, or another Medical Marijuana Transportation Facility.
A Facility licensed by the Department to acquire, store,
manufacture, transport, and sell Marijuana-Infused Products to a Medical
Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a Medical Marijuana Testing Facility,
or to another Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.
A Missouri resident diagnosed with at least one (1) qualifying
medical condition.
An individual, partnership, firm, company, corporation, association,
sole proprietorship, limited liability company, joint venture, estate,
trust, or other legal entity.
An individual twenty-one (21) years of age or older who has
significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a Qualifying
Patient and who is designated as such on the Primary Caregiver's
application for an identification card or in other written notification
to the Department.
