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SCO Marijuana Licensing Update redlined — File 207218
Submittal – December 10, 2018
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-
In Board of Aldermen
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9-3(b)
OF THE SOMERVILLE CODE OF ORDINANCES
WHEREAS, The City of Somerville adopted Ordinance No. 2018-18 relative to new licensing
requirements for adult-use marijuana establishments regulated under section 34 of chapter 94C of the
General Laws and 935 CMR 500; and
WHEREAS, This ordinance is intended to clarify certain ambiguity in the below provision of Ordinance
No. 2018-18 consistent with the purpose of the adopted licensing requirements,
THEREFORE, be it adopted by the Board of Aldermen, in session assembled, that the below listed
section of the Somerville Code of Ordinances are hereby amended as follows:
(underlined language is added, stike-out language is deleted)
Chapter 9, Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Sec. 9-3 (b) of the Code of Ordinances is
amended to read as follows:
(b) No person shall give, sell, or deliver or consume marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol, unless
licensed by the Licensing Commission and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cannabis Control
Commission and also permitted under Sections SZO 7.15 or 7.16.
APPROVED:
President
Board of Aldermen