The ordinance is a de facto ban on Medical Marijuana (MMJ) in Fresno County.

The ordinance is poorly written and is a bad place to start negotiating. The MMJ community had no input in this ordinance, so our needs have not been adequately represented. It is a health and safety issue for many patients and others are precluded from growing what they need. 

The ordinance also prohibits plant cultivation in the face of a memo from the  Attorney Generel for the State of California issued in 2008 advising a 6-12 plant limit, and ignores provisions in both SB 420 and SB 215.

The original document has no redeeming value and should be scrapped completely.