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Conduct a noticed public hearing to consider a proposed 10 month and 15 day extension of an Interim Urgency Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2019-1808) establishing a temporary moratorium on the cultivation or processing of industrial hemp in the unincorporated areas of Solano County (4/5 vote required)
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Published Notice Required? Yes __X___ No ______
Public Hearing Required? Yes __X___ No ______
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Agriculture Department and the Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board:
1. Read the proposed ordinance by title only and waive further reading by majority vote;
2. Conduct a noticed public hearing to consider a proposed 10 month and 15 day extension of an Interim Urgency Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2019-1808) establishing a temporary moratorium on the cultivation or processing of industrial hemp in the unincorporated areas of Solano County (4/5 vote required), adopted as an urgency measure; and
3. Adopt an ordinance approving a 10 month and 15 day extension to the Interim Urgency Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2019-1808) adopted on November 5, 2019 (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY:
On November 5, 2019 the Board adopted an Urgency Interim Ordinance (Ordinance 2019-1808) establishing a moratorium for 45 days on the cultivation or processing of industrial hemp in unincorporated Solano County. Under State law, the urgency ordinance may be extended 10 months and 15 days after conducting a duly noticed public hearing on the proposed extension. A public notice (Attached) has been published in local newspapers indicating that the Board will be considering an extension on the moratorium on hemp cultivation. The 10 month 15 day extension is measured from the end of the 45 days set forth under the initial ordinance.
The Board established the moratorium in response to numerous comments from the public and testimony from the Sheriff's Department regarding public safety concerns and criminal activities that had be...
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