Allen

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

A group of medical marijuana patients (“Plaintiffs”) seek a preliminary injunction against Defendants, the County of Lake and certain law enforcement officials, prohibiting abatement actions against them without notice or a warrant. September 17, 2014 Supplemental Brief (Docket No. 34); September 1, 2014 Amended Ex Parte Application (Docket No. 5). In accordance with the Court’s expedited briefing schedule, Defendants filed their opposition on September 29, 2014. (Docket No. 47). The Court heard oral argument on *1049 October 6, 2014. After carefully considering the parties’ written and oral submissions, the Court now GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction for the reasons set forth below.

BACKGROUND

On July 11, 2014, Lake County Ordinance No. 2997 went into effect, regulating medical marijuana cultivation within the County of Lake. Opp’n at 1. Among other things, the Ordinance prohibits: any marijuana growth on vacant parcels, any outdoor growth on parcels of one acre or less, growing more than six mature or twelve immature plants on parcels greater than one acre located outside of a Community Growth…