20.884.020 Recreational Marijuana Facility Locations.
A. A marijuana retail, processing, or production business shall not be located on parcels located within one thousand feet of parcels containing any of the following uses, as officially defined in WAC 314-55-010. The distance shall be measured as the shortest straight line from property line to property line, as set forth in WAC 314-55-050(10).
1. Elementary or secondary school, public or private;
2. Playground, publicly managed;
3. Recreation center or facility, providing a broad range of activities intended primarily for minors and managed by a public or charitable nonprofit entity;
4. Child care facility, licensed by the Department of Early Learning providing child care regularly for less than 24 hours;
5. Public park, having facilities for active or passive recreation, exclusive of trails;
6. Public transit center where several transit routes converge;
7. Library; or
8. Game arcade where admission is not restricted to persons age 21 and older.
B. Retail marijuana retail business shall not be located within 300 feet of other state-licensed marijuana retail business, as measured from property line to property line as specified in subsection A of the section.
C. A marijuana retail business is permitted only in the GC (General Commercial) or CC (Community Commercial) zone districts as specified in VMC 20.430.030-1.
D. Marijuana production or processing businesses are permitted only in the IL (Light Industrial) or IH (Heavy Industrial) as specified in VMC 20.440.030-1.
E. Marijuana businesses are not permitted as a home occupation under 20.860 VMC and shall not operate at a dwelling as defined by VMC 20.150.040A.
F. Retail marijuana businesses may not be located within any other businesses, and may only be located in buildings with other uses only if the marijuana business is separated by full walls and with a separate entrance. No more than one marijuana retail business shall be located on a single parcel.
G. Marijuana businesses shall not be located in a mobile structure. (Ord. M-4169 § 4, 06/27/2016; Ord. M-4071, Added, 03/03/2014, Sec 3 – Effective 3/9/2014)