From: alanb@sonic.net   
      
   (hi guys ... seems the 4th one down says that medical marijuana patients   
   under authority of law are exempt from nuisance by code as they are Health   
   and Safety (see more below).  Pass it around, hope it helps.  Alan)   
      
      
      
   CALIFORNIA CODES   
   CIVIL CODE   
   SECTION 3479-3485   
      
   3479.  Anything which is injurious to health, including, but not   
   limited to, the illegal sale of controlled substances, or is indecent   
   or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of   
   property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life   
   or property, or unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the   
   customary manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay, stream,   
   canal, or basin, or any public park, square, street, or highway, is a   
   nuisance.   
      
   (3480.) Section Thirty-four Hundred and Eighty.  A public nuisance   
   is one which affects at the same time an entire community or   
   neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the   
   extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal.   
      
   3481.  Every nuisance not included in the definition of the last   
   section is private.   
      
   3482.  Nothing which is done or maintained under the express   
   authority of a statute can be deemed a nuisance.   
      
   3482.1.  (a) As used in this section:   
     (1) "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, partnership,   
   corporation, club, or other legal entity.   
     (2) "Sport shooting range" or "range" means an area designed and   
   operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes,   
   skeet, trap, black powder, or any other similar sport or law   
   enforcement training purpose.   
     (3) "Indoor shooting range" means a totally enclosed facility   
   designed to offer a totally controlled shooting environment that   
   includes impenetrable walls, floor and ceiling, adequate ventilation   
   and lighting systems, and acoustical treatment for sound attenuation   
   suitable for the range's approved use.   
     (4) "Nighttime" means between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.   
     (b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (f), a person who   
   operates or uses a sport shooting range in this state shall not be   
   subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution in any matter   
   relating to noise or noise pollution resulting from the operation or   
   use of the range if the range is in compliance with any noise control   
   laws or ordinances that applied to the range and its operation at   
   the time construction or operation of the range was approved by a   
   local public entity having jurisdiction in the matter, or if there   
   were no such laws or ordinances that applied to the range and its   
   operation at that time.   
     (2) Except as provided in subdivision (f), a person who operates   
   or uses a sport shooting range or law enforcement training range is   
   not subject to an action for nuisance, and a court shall not enjoin   
   the use or operation of a range, on the basis of noise or noise   
   pollution if the range is in compliance with any noise control laws   
   or ordinances that applied to the range and its operation at the time   
   construction or operation of the range was approved by a local   
   public entity having jurisdiction in the matter, or if there were no   
   such laws or ordinances that applied to the range and its operation   
   at that time.   
     (3) Rules or regulations adopted by any state department or agency   
   for limiting levels of noise in terms of decibel level which may   
   occur in the outdoor atmosphere shall not apply to a sport shooting   
   range exempted from liability under this section.   
     (c) A person who acquires title to or who owns real property   
   adversely affected by the use of property with a permanently located   
   and improved sport shooting range may not maintain a nuisance action   
   with respect to noise or noise pollution against the person who owns   
   the range to restrain, enjoin, or impede the use of the range where   
   there has been no substantial change in the nature  or use of the   
   range.  This section does not prohibit actions for negligence or   
   recklessness in the operation of the range or by a person using the   
   range.   
     (d) A sport shooting range that is in operation and not in   
   violation of existing law at the time of the enactment of an   
   ordinance described in subdivision (b) shall be permitted to continue   
   in operation even if the operation of the sport shooting range at a   
   later date does not conform to a new ordinance or an amendment to an   
   existing ordinance if there has been no substantial change in the   
   nature or use of the range.  Nothing in this section shall be   
   construed to limit the authority of a local agency to enforce any   
   term of a conditional use permit.   
     (e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this section   
   does not prohibit a local public entity having jurisdiction in the   
   matter from regulating the location and construction of a sport   
   shooting range after the effective date of this section.   
     (f) This section does not prohibit a local public entity having   
   jurisdiction in the matter from requiring that noise levels at the   
   nearest residential property line to a range not exceed the level of   
   normal city street noise which shall not be more than 60 decibels for   
   nighttime shooting.  The subdivision does not abrogate any existing   
   local standards for nighttime shooting.  The operator of a sport   
   shooting range shall not unreasonably refuse to use trees, shrubs, or   
   barriers, when appropriate, to mitigate the noise generated by   
   nighttime shooting.  For the purpose of this section, a reasonable   
   effort to mitigate is an action that can be accomplished in a manner   
   and at a cost that does not impose an unreasonable financial burden   
   upon the operator of the range.   
     (g) This section does not apply to indoor shooting ranges.   
     (h) This section does not apply to a range in existence prior to   
   January 1, 1998, that is operated for law enforcement training   
   purposes by a county of the sixth class if the range is located   
   without the boundaries of that county and within the boundaries of   
   another county.  This subdivision shall become operative on July 1,   
   1999.   
      
   3482.5.  (a) (1) No agricultural activity, operation, or facility,   
   or appurtenances thereof, conducted or maintained for commercial   
   purposes, and in a manner consistent with proper and accepted customs   
   and standards, as established and followed by similar agricultural   
   operations in the same locality, shall be or become a nuisance,   
   private or public, due to any changed condition in or about the   
   locality, after it has been in operation for more than three years if   
   it was not a nuisance at the time it began.   
     (2) No activity of a district agricultural association that is   
   operated in compliance with Division 3 (commencing with Section 3001)   
   of the Food and Agricultural Code, shall be or become a private or   
   public nuisance due to any changed condition in or about the   
      
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