COUNTY OF SONOMA v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A128734.

190 Cal.App.4th 1312 (2010)

COUNTY OF SONOMA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SONOMA COUNTY, Respondent; MARVIN'S GARDENS COOPERATIVE, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

December 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M Woodside , County Counsel, and Anne L. Keck , Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner.

Hanson Bridgett , Thomas B. Brown and Christopher B. Whitman for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Kumin Sommers , Matthew W. Kumin , Rory C. Quintana and Ramsey Hanafi for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

JONES, P. J.

In 2007, the County of Sonoma (the County) enacted ordinance No. 5715 (the Ordinance) governing the zoning of medical cannabis dispensaries. One provision of the Ordinance required dispensaries to obtain permits to operate. In September 2009, real parties in interest Marvin's Gardens Cooperative, Inc., and Terry Worden (collectively, the Cooperative) opened a medical cannabis dispensary in the town of Guerneville...

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