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October 25, 2012 I Volume 6 I Issue 20 <br />Zoning Bulletin <br />oning --ws from Around the ation <br />CALIFORNIA <br />Recently, the California State Assembly "passed new legislation that <br />would assure legal status for small-scale cottage industries that sell <br />baked goods and other `non -potentially hazardous' food items produced <br />in home kitchens." The California Homemade Food Act (AB 1616), <br />which takes effect in January, allows home cooks to make and sell a <br />----wide range of products "without the need to comply with the zoning <br />and regulatory measures that govern larger producers and producers of <br />meat and dairy products specifically omitted from this law." <br />Source: yourolivebranch.org; http://news.yourolivebranch.org <br />CONNECTICUT <br />Effective October 1, 2012, a new state law allows "the medicinal use <br />of marijuana by Connecticut residents 18 or older suffering from can- <br />cer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord <br />injuries, epilepsy, Crohn's Disease, post -traumatic stress or cachexia <br />(wasting syndrome). It limits the drug's use in public places and in <br />moving vehicles, and around children and teens." <br />Source: Norwich Bulletin; www.norwichbulletin.com <br />Southington "is the first town in the state to take on the task of pass- <br />ing municipal zoning regulations related to medical marijuana." <br />Among other things, the new regulations: limit the location of medical <br />marijuana production facilities; limit the distribution of marijuana <br />prescriptions to licensed pharmacists within a licensed phau racy only; <br />and limits by location, pharmacies that can dispense marijuana. <br />Source: Southington Patch; http://southington.patch.com <br />PENNSYLVANIA <br />On October 17, the state supreme court is set to hear an appeal of the <br />Commonwealth Court's decision, which declared the zoning provi- <br />sions in Act 13 to be unconstitutional. <br />Source: Pittsburgh Post -Gazette; www.post-gazette.com <br />12 © 2012 Thomson Reuters <br />