Click photo to enlarge The Butte County Board of Supervisors
moved forward on a more restrictive medical marijuana
cultivation ordinance on Tuesday. (Bill Husa/Staff File Photo)
OROVILLE -- Tuesday, the Butte County Board of Supervisors
unanimously moved forward on a more restrictive medical
marijuana cultivation ordinance, but almost nobody expects the
new rules to go into effect anytime soon.  Earlier this month,
the supervisors tentatively approved amendments to the existing
cultivation ordinance that many speakers Tuesday claimed would
make it impossible to grow their "medicine."  The proposed new
rules put no limits on the number of plants that can be grown on
a parcel, based on the acreage of the land. Instead, the new
proposal limits the size of the garden.    • For parcels larger
than a half-acre and less than five acres, only 50 square feet
of cultivation space is allowed. Setbacks are required to be 50
feet from the nearest property lines, and the growers must have
at least one medical marijuana re