An extended ban on all cannabis-related businesses and activities across Los Angeles County’s unincorporated areas was approved unanimously Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, but for the first time, some regulations were outlined for personal use.

The ordinance prohibits all marijuana-related businesses and activities in the unincorporated areas for a year, but allows reasonable regulation for personal cannabis cultivation as approved by state law.

It’s the first action to regulate cannabis in Los Angeles County’s unincorporated areas, said Bruce Durbin, supervising regional planner for the county’s Regional Planning division.

The updated ordinance continues a ban already in place, but expires this month. In a 31-page letter and report to the Board, the Los Angeles County Regional Planning division replaces the word marijuana with cannabis, and allows residents in the unincorporated areas to cultivate six plants, no larger than six feet, inside or outside their homes. The ordinance prohibits the plants to be seen by the public and there are other regulations in place. People who live in apartments must cultivate the plants inside their units.

Additional standards are expected to be outlined in another ordinance set to be released later this year, Durbin said. The unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County encompass more than 2,600 square miles and include communities within Gorman, Topanga, Altadena and West Carson among others. About 1.5 million residents live in unincorporated Los Angeles county.

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In a statement after the vote was taken, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said the board is carefully considering each action they take, so their decisions will protect the community but also to acknowledge voters.

“The ban does not mean that we are reinstating the war on drugs or that we are opposing the vote of the people,” he said in the statement. “We are trying to create rational, responsible, and accountable cannabis commerce. This is not a gold rush for businesses. It is the people of California calling for smart, responsible regulation of marijuana, and those who operate illegally are in direct opposition to this call for accountability, transparency, and responsibility.”

The discussion to craft regulations began in February when the Board of Supervisors instructed more than a dozen county offices, including the sheriff’s and fire departments as well as regional planning and public health officials, to nail down every detail of how to enforce the cultivation, transportation, distribution, processing, manufacturing, testing, retail sale, and delivery of medical and recreational cannabis. The goal is to create and pass an ordinance well in advance of next year, when recreational marijuana becomes legal to sell.

Proposition 64, also known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, sailed to victory after voters approved it in the November election. The act allows adults 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana or 8 grams of concentrated cannabis and grow up to six plants per home and takes effect on Jan. 1. 2018. Provisions within the act also prohibit smoking or consuming marijuana in any “public places” or while driving and possession on school grounds. The passage of Proposition 64 followed an action in 2015 by Gov. Jerry Brown, who enacted the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, a trio of bills regulating California’s medical marijuana industry at the state level. The formal state licensing process also is expected to begin on Jan. 1.