Memorandum
Date: July 7, 2026
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Mireya G. Turner, Community Development Director
Mary Claybon, Senior Planner
Subject: 1:30 P.M. - PUBLIC HEARING - Consideration of Draft Ordinance to Amend Chapter 21, Articles 8, 18, 19 and 27 regarding Commercial Cannabis Regulation
Executive Summary: The Board has discussed and given direction on Article 27 amendments on March 10, April 7, June 2, and June 23, 2026. The item was continued to allow for time to work with Supervisor Owen on her questions, and update the draft ordinance with a few wordsmithing amendments. The addition of a definition of Farmland Protection Zone and changing from permitted zoning district to the application of cannabis overlay districts have been added to the Article 73 list below.
Some Board requests are reflected in the attached Ordinance (Attachment 1); while other requests have been reserved for consideration in the upcoming Article 73 draft and are listed below. The proposed amendments to cannabis-related land uses require amendments to Articles 8, 18, 19, and 27 of the Zoning Code, summarized in the attached Table (Attachments 2, 3, 4, and 5) Lake County Zoning Code Article 27 is an extensive document, regulating various land uses, including commercial cannabis. For ease of review, the redlined version of Article 27 is an excerpt of the pages relating to commercial cannabis (Attachment 6). The maps of "FPZ" Farmland Protection Zone boundaries are also included as Attachment 7, for the Board's convenience.
Article 27 - Proposed Amendments
* Setback from hemp
* Removal of commercial cannabis cultivation from "SR" Suburban Reserve zoning district
* Cannabis Retail - permitting requirements
* Maximum canopy
* Applicant and Property Owner Identification and Background Check
* Background check review - responsible department
* Operating hours
* Opt Out and Reduced Canopy guidelines
* Removal of 10-year permit expiration and renewa...
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