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Board directs staff to craft cannabis odor rules requiring scrubbers and property‑line standards
Summary
After months of complaints from Carpinteria residents and industry input, the Board directed staff to draft ordinance amendments requiring carbon scrubbers (or equivalent), to phase out vapor‑phase masking, include property‑line odor thresholds and provide board review of exemptions.
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors directed county staff on Jan. 14 to draft ordinance amendments aimed at reducing cannabis odors from mixed‑light greenhouse operations, including a requirement for carbon‑scrubber or equivalent odor‑abatement technology and a plan to phase out vapor‑phase masking. Supervisors Capps and Nelson co‑sponsored the proposal after public testimony from Carpinteria residents who described years of chronic odor impacts.
The board letter asked for several detailed elements to be returned with a formal ordinance: a…
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