• Press Release: Wildomar City Council Approves Commercial Cannabis

Wildomar City Council approves commercial cannabis sales and licensing regulations including cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and testing laboratories with 3-2 vote

CITY OF WILDOMAR PRESS RELEASE 23873 Clinton Keith Road, Suite 201 Wildomar, CA 92595 Phone (951) 677-7751 Fax (951) 698-1463 www.cityofwildomar.org 

APPROVED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BY: Gary Nordquist

WILDOMAR CITY COUNCIL APPROVES COMMERCIAL CANNABIS SALES AND LICENSING REGULATIONS INCLUDING CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION, AND TESTING LABORATORIES WITH 3-2 VOTE 

WILDOMAR, CA – At an Adjourned Regular City Council meeting on May 28, 2020, the Wildomar City Council approved two (2) new Cannabis Ordinances with a vote of 3-2. Mayor Pro Tem Bridgette Moore and Council Member Marsha Swanson voted no on the passing of the ordinances. 

The ordinances will have a second reading by the Council at its June 10, 2020 meeting with an effective date of July 10, 2020. The City could start taking applications following this date. 

Commercial cannabis retailers will be permitted in the C-1/C-P and C-P-S commercial zones subject to approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and Development Agreement by Planning Commission and City Council. Cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and testing laboratories will be permitted in our I-P and M-SC industrial zones also subject to approval of a CUP and Development Agreement by Planning Commission and City Council. 

Limitations to cannabis businesses include a 600-foot distance separation requirement from public and private schools, commercial daycare centers, youth centers, and parks; and a 100- foot distance requirement from a residential dwelling unit. Stringent security requirements and other operational requirements will be imposed on the businesses. 

Council also unanimously passed regulatory license fees associated with cannabis businesses. 

“This is an important step for Wildomar to welcome cannabis businesses to the city,” said Mayor Dustin Nigg. “We are business-friendly, and the intent of this passage is to regulate the industry that is already in our city illegally.” 

For more information regarding cannabis businesses in Wildomar, please contact Matthew Bassi, Planning Director at (951) 677-7751, Ext. 213.