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For the purpose of Marijuana Related Activities (Chapter 17.64 MMC), the following definitions shall apply.

Cannabinoid – Any of the chemical compounds that are the active constituents of marijuana.

Cannabinoid Product – A cannabinoid edible and any other product intended for human consumption or use, including a product intended to be applied to the skin or hair that contains cannabinoids or dried marijuana leaves or flowers.

Canopy – The surface area utilized to produce mature marijuana plants calculated in square feet and measured using the outside boundaries of any area that includes mature marijuana plants including all of the space within the boundaries.

Cultivation – All phases of growth of marijuana from seed to harvest, or preparing, packaging or repackaging, labeling, or relabeling of marijuana prior to consumption, or incorporation into a recreational marijuana-infused product.

Immature Marijuana Plant – A marijuana plant that is not flowering.

Marijuana – The plant Cannabis family Cannabaceae, any part of the plant of the Cannabis family Cannabaceae and the seeds of the plant Cannabis family Cannabaceae. “Marijuana” does not include industrial hemp, as defined in ORS 571.300.

Marijuana Business – Any person or entity appropriately licensed by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) or Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) that sells, produces, cultivates, grows, wholesales, processes or tests medical marijuana or recreational adult use marijuana within the city of McMinnville.

Marijuana Paraphernalia – Any instrument that is used in the manufacture, production, distribution, sale, or consumption of marijuana. Examples include but are not limited to certain types of smoking pipes, bongs, roach clips, rolling papers, grinders, or scales.

Marijuana Processing – Preparing, compounding or conversion of marijuana into edibles, skin and hair products, cannabinoid concentrates, and cannabinoid extracts for medical or recreational purposes. “Processing” does not include packaging or labeling.

Marijuana Production – The planting, cultivation, growing, trimming, drying or harvesting of retail recreational marijuana.

Medical Marijuana Dispensary – A medical marijuana dispensary registered under ORS 475.314 or a site for which an applicant has submitted an application for registration under ORS 475.314.

Medical Marijuana Grow Site – A specific location registered by the Oregon Health Authority and used by the grower to produce marijuana for medical use by a specific patient. Medical grow sites are regulated by state law as follows: 12 mature plants are allowed per grow site in residential zones; 48 mature plants per grow site in all other zones. If all grows at the site had registered with the state of Oregon by January 2, 2015, the grow site is limited to the number of plants at the grow site as of December 31, 2015, not to exceed 24 mature plants per grow site in a residential zone and 96 mature plants per grow site in all other zones.

Production, Indoor – Producing marijuana within an enclosed building in any manner utilizing artificial lighting on mature marijuana plants, and that does not meet the definition as an outdoor production facility.

Production, Outdoor – Producing marijuana in an expanse of open or cleared ground, or in a greenhouse, hoop house or similar non-rigid structure that does not utilize artificial lighting on mature plants, including but not limited to electrical lighting sources. (Ord. 5000 §1, 2015).