San Jose Plans Zoning Rules for Pot Clubs

>From Associated Press

SAN JOSEIn a move that may make it the first city to
treat marijuana clubs like any other businesses, San Jose has
proposed zoning rules that regulate where pot can be grown
and sold.
City officials Tuesday announced "medical marijuana
dispensary" rules that would allow pot clubs to operate in
commercial areas and grow marijuana on site.
However, marijuana smoking would be banned on the
premises because city law prohibits smoking of any kind inside
public buildings and offices.
"We are not following the San Francisco model," City Atty.
Joan Gallo said of the nosmoking policy.
In addition, no juveniles would be allowed on the premises,
and the city would require club operators to document their
transactions.
Although the clubs would not be allowed in residential areas
or near schools, churches, homes or day care centers, Gallo
said the proposal is an attempt to abide by last year's
Proposition 215, the voterapproved ballot measure that
legalized the use and cultivation of marijuana for medical
purposes.
"The chief of police, the district attorney and the city are all
determined to enforce the law in a humanitarian way," Gallo
said. "We have no intention of making it difficult to comply with
Proposition 215 . . . but it has to be done in a way that does
not create problems for residents in their communities."
The ordinance goes before San Jose's council March 25.