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Board advances stricter cannabis odor rules, sets 12‑month compliance window
Summary
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on March 18 approved ordinance changes requiring carbon-based odor filtration, run-time monitoring and a measurable threshold to confirm cannabis-related nuisance odors, and set a 12‑month implementation timetable with limited extension options.
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on March 18 approved revisions to local cannabis regulations that tighten odor-control requirements for cultivation, processing and manufacturing operations and add a measurable enforcement threshold.
The board directed staff to require multi-technology carbon filtration (or an equivalent carbon-based system) in odor abatement plans, to phase out vapor-phase/misting systems, to require run-time meters on odor-control equipment, and to use the Nasal Ranger instrument and a numeric dilution-over-threshold (D-over-T) reading at the facility property line as a confirmatory enforcement tool. The board set a 12‑month compliance timeline and authorized a single, 12‑month extension…
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