§ 410-030. DEFINITIONS

Except where the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this Chapter:

Administrative Hearing Officer means those individuals appointed by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to California Government Code Section 27720, et seq. for the purpose conducting hearings for the county. Said individuals shall be attorneys at law who have been admitted to practice before the courts of the State of California for at least five years prior to appointment. Administrative Hearing Officers shall be authorized to decide a matter upon which a hearing has been held pursuant to California Government Code Section 27721 and shall render a written decision, including any findings or conclusions required for that decision, and submit the decision and the record to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

Child Care Center means any county-licensed child care center, daycare center, or childcare home, or any preschool.

Church means a structure or leased portion of a structure, which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities.

Cultivation means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming, or processing of one or more marijuana plants or any part thereof in any location, indoor or outdoor, including from within a fully enclosed and secure building.

Enforcing Officer means the Development Services Director or the Sheriff, or the authorized deputies or designees of either, each of whom is independently authorized to enforce this Chapter.

Legal parcel means any parcel of real property that may be separately sold in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code).

Marijuana plant shall have the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code section 11018, et seq. and Business and Professions Code section 19300.5, et seq.

Notice of Violation shall mean a written notice of the Enforcing Officer's identification of one or more specific alleged violations of this Chapter which contains all of the information set for in Section 410-060(b) of the Sutter County Ordinance Code.

Occupant shall mean an adult tenant, occupant, resident or other person having possession, control, or any other ownership interest in or the right of access to the premises, excluding persons having only a security interest in the premises. There may be one or more occupants as to any particular premises.

Outdoor cultivation shall mean any cultivation of marijuana that is not conducted within a detached fully enclosed secure accessory structure conforming to the requirements of Section 410-040, subdivision (e)(2).

Premises shall mean a single, legal parcel of property. Where contiguous legal parcels are under common ownership or control, such contiguous legal parcels shall be counted as a single "premises" for purposes of this Chapter.

Primary caregiver shall have the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code sections 11362.5 and 11362.7 et seq.

Qualified patient shall have the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code sections 11362.5 and 11362.7 et seq.

School means an institution of learning for minors, whether public or private, offering a regular course of instruction required by the California Education Code. This definition includes a nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, senior high school, or any special institution of education, but it does not include a home school, vocational or professional institution of higher education, including a community or junior college, college, or university.

School Evacuation Site means any location designated by formal action of the governing body, Superintendent, or principal of any school as a location to which juveniles are to be evacuated to, or are to assemble at, in the event of an emergency or other incident at the school.

Youth-oriented facility means any facility that caters to or provides services primarily intended for minors, or the individuals who regularly patronize, congregate or assemble at the establishment are predominantly minors.

(Ord. No. 1618, § 2, 3-22-2016)