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A. The production, processing and retailing of marijuana is and remains illegal under federal law. Nothing herein or as provided elsewhere in the ordinances of the city of Aberdeen is an authorization to circumvent federal law or provide permission to any person or entity to violate federal law. Only state-licensed marijuana producers, marijuana processors, and marijuana retailers may locate in the city of Aberdeen and then only pursuant to a license issued by the state of Washington. The purpose of these provisions is solely to acknowledge the enactment by Washington voters of Initiative 502 and a state licensing procedure and to permit to, but only to, the extent required by state law marijuana producers, marijuana processors, and marijuana retailers to operate designated zones of the city.

B. Marijuana producers may be located only in the Light-Industrial (L-I) and Industrial (I) Districts of the city. Such facilities and uses may be located only at designated sites licensed by the state of Washington and fully conforming to state law.

C. Marijuana processors may locate only in the Light-Industrial (L-I) and Industrial (I) Districts of the city, but only at designated sites licensed by the state of Washington and fully conforming to state law.

D. Marijuana retailers may locate only in the General Commercial (C-G), Downtown Commercial (C-D), Light-Industrial (L-I) and Industrial (I) Districts of the city, at designated sites licensed by the state of Washington and fully conforming to state law.

E. In addition to any other applicable remedy and/or penalty, any violation of this section is declared to be a public nuisance per se, and may be abated by the city attorney under the applicable provisions of this code or state law, including but not limited to the provisions of Chapters 1.12, 8.08, and 17.96 AMC.

Prior to the adoption of 6556 on 04/23/2014, Section 17.62.030 read as follows.

A. The production, processing and retailing of marijuana is and remains illegal under federal law. Nothing herein or as provided elsewhere in the ordinances of he city of Aberdeen is an authorization to circumvent federal law or provide permission to any person or entity to violate federal law. Only state-licensed marijuana producers, marijuana processors, and marijuana retailers may locate in the city of Aberdeen and then only pursaunt to a license issued by the state of Washington. The purpose of these provisions is solely to acknowledge the enactment by Washington voters of Initiative 502 and a state licensing procedure and to permit to, but only to, the extent required by state law marijuana producers, marijuana processors, and marijuana retailers to operate designated zones of the city.

B. Marijuana producers may be located only in the Light-Industrial (L-I) and Industrial (I) Districts of he city. Such facilities and uses may be located only at designated sites licensed by the state of Washington and fully conforming to state law.

C. Marijuana processors may locate only in the Light-Industrial (L-I) and Industrial (I) Districts of the city, but only at designated sites licensed by the state of Washington and fully conforming to state law.

D. Marijuana retailers may locate only in the Light-Industrial (L-I) and Industrial (I) Districts of the city, at designated sites licensed by the state of Washington and fully conforming to state law.

E. In addition to any other applicable remedy and/pr penalty, any violation of this section is declared to be a public nuisance per se, and may be abated by the city attorney under the applicable provisions of this code or state law, including but not limited to the provisions of Chapters 1.12, 8.08, and 17.96 AMC.

(Ord. 6556, Amended, 04/23/2014; Ord. 6550, Added, 10/23/2013)