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Cannabis in Cathedral City

This page is designed to be the one location to find all the information you will need to know on Cannabis in Cathedral City.

Cannabis

Below are the most recent adopted Ordinances related to the Sale and Cultivation of Cannabis in the City.

More information will be provided through this page as it becomes available.

Cannabis Task Force

Ordinance 848 added Chapter 2.32 to the Cathedral City Municipal Code establishing a Cannabis Task Force. The task force shall consist of seven members. The City Manager shall be chair of the Cannabis Task Force and shall appoint six other qualified members. Three members shall be owners or managers of cannabis businesses located in the city and three members shall be residents of the city.

The Cannabis Task Force shall be bound by the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act of the state.

For more information on the Cannabis Task Force click here

Administrative Rules and Applications

New-Transfer License Checklist
Cannabis NEW, AMEND, TRANSFER License Application
Cannabis Administrative Rules Updated 6/16 (pdf)
CUP Application (pdf)
Business License (link)
Cannabis Environmental Assessment Questionnaire (pdf)
General Security Plan Questionnaire for Cannabis (pdf)
Agricultural Certification Form (pdf)

Links

Bureau of Cannabis Control's License Search - CAPotCheck.com

Live Scan

Call the Police Department at 760-770-0315 to schedule a Live Scan appointment for a Cannabis Local License to begin the background process.

Cannabis and Marijuana Tax

On November 4, 2014, the Cathedral City voters approved Measure N, which approved a new tax at a rate of up to fifteen cents per each dollar of proceeds or fractional part thereof on marijuana collectives and dispensaries operating in the City of Cathedral City.

On November 8, 2016, the Cathedral City voters approved Measure P, amending the existing Cannabis Business Tax to impose the Tax on all cannabis businesses and to provide different tax calculations for cultivating, manufacturing and dispensing cannabis.

A Marijuana (or cannabis) collective means any activity regulated or permitted by Chapter 9.108 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code, or California Health and Safety Code sections 11362.5, et seq., as may be amended from time to time, or any other activity or business that involves planting, cultivating, harvesting, transporting, dispensing, delivering, providing, manufacturing, compounding, converting, processing, preparing, storing, packaging, or testing any part of the marijuana plant.

Each cannabis business operating in the city, regardless of whether such cannabis business has a license pursuant to Chapter 5.88 or a permit pursuant to 9.108 of the City of Cathedral City Municipal Code, shall pay a cannabis and marijuana tax. On April 26, 2017, Resolution 2017-13, with an update on October 10, 2018, Resolution 2018-46, the City Council approved these resolutions pursuant to Section 3.48.040 of the City of Cathedral City Municipal Code, requiring payment of Cannabis and Marijuana tax in the following amounts:

Five cents ($.05) for each dollar of gross receipts* or fractional part thereof received by a dispensary or by any other cannabis business for activities other than cultivation or manufacturing. If not current on taxes owed through February 28, 2023, ten cents ($.10) for each dollar of gross receipts* or fractional part.
Ten dollars ($10.00) for each square foot or fractional part thereof of cannabis cultivation space. If not current on tax owed through February 28, 2023, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each square foot or fractional part.
For cannabis-infused product, forty cents of each cannabis-infused product other than cannabis concentrate produced or manufactured and packaged or intended for individual sale.
For each gram of cannabis concentrate produced or manufactured, packaged, or intended for individual sale:
- Crude at $.05 per gram
- Distillate at $.10 per gram
- Exotic/Boutique at $.40 per gram; $.05 per piece

*Gross receipts (proceeds) of any kind, including without limitation, membership dues; the value of in-kind contributions; reimbursements provided by members regardless of form; any payments made; and anything else of value obtained by a cannabis or marijuana collective.

Depending on the type of cannabis business operating in the City of Cathedral City, there can be up to three different Cannabis and Marijuana Tax (CMT) returns filed each month:

STAFF MEMBER	CONTACT
Cannabis Team	cannabislicensing@cathedralcity.gov
Patrick Bumstead for licensing	pbumstead@cathedralcity.gov
Kevin Reza-Ayala for tax remittance	kreza-ayala@cathedralcity.gov