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Ordinance No. 1925 Page 2 of2 welfare as discussed in the staff report, and that the City needs time to study options for mitigating those effects. Section 3: The City Council finds that granting land use approvals or building permits to medical marijuana dispensaries would result in the described threat to public health, safety and welfare. Section 4: Based on the findings in this Ordinance including the referenced staff report and attachments, the City Council imposes a moratorium on all land use approvals, building permits and business licenses in all zoning districts for medical marijuana dispensaries, including any site, facility, location, use, cooperative or business that distributes, sells, exchanges, possesses, delivers, gives away or cultivates marijuana (cannabis) for medical purposes pursuant to Proposition 215. the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 or implementing state statutes or regulations. Section 5: A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in The Valley Times, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City Clerks office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. Section 6: This urgency ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption and shall extend the existing moratorium for an additional ten months and fifteen days. The City Council may extend this period in accordance with California Government Code section 65858. INTRODUCED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of City of Pleasanton on September 20, 2005 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers - Brozosky, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne and Mayor Hosterman NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ?M{U1{u./~ Michael H. Roush, City Attorney