Biggs is the latest Mid-Valley community standing in the way of the sale and cultivation of medical marijuana, according to this Appeal-Democrat article.
A new ordinance next month will bar marijuana sales and distribution from all residential, commercial and industrial parcels in the Butte County town. City Council members made a second vote Monday to add the restrictions, clearing the way for them to take effect Jan. 20.
Also Monday, the council also launched an ordinance to tighten curbs on outdoor pot cultivation, which the city added to its list of public nuisances last year. A second vote to put it into effect is planned for January.
The law would shorten the city’s notice period for alleged outdoor growers from 14 days to 72 hours to remove the plants, and impose daily fines up to $500 for ignoring the notice.
City officials say the shorter period would prevent offenders from harvesting their pot before the city can enforce its code — and reduce the risk that exposed drugs could become a magnet for theft and violence.
“Our code calls any outdoor growing a public nuisance,” said City Administrator Pete Carr. “When people know there’s a cash crop out there outside, it invites burglary and other crimes.”
No people or collectives have applied to sell marijuana for medical use in Biggs, according to City Planner Scott Friend.
