The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 16 unanimously adopted the first part of a cannabis land use ordinance that will set a minimum lot size for commercial cultivation operations and allow dispensaries in unincorporated areas to start selling recreational marijuana as soon as mid-November.

The ordinance requires a minimum lot size of 10 acres for commercial cannabis cultivation operations in agricultural and rural and resource development zones. That provision will eliminate more than 5,000 properties that previously were considered for cultivation.

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