Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
The Arcata Planning Commission plans to finally move forward with its draft of medical marijuana dispensary guidelines on Tuesday.
After months of deliberating on the language of the dispensary guidelines, aimed at imposing restrictions on how dispensaries operate in hopes of curbing Proposition 215 card abuse, the commission was delayed by the release of state guidelines late last month.
The commission had decided that it needed more time to evaluate the Office of the Attorney General's guidelines since several definitions were lacking from Arcata's current draft code.
Community Development Director Larry Oetker said staff was able to review the state guidelines and revise Arcata's draft guidelines to bring them up to compliance. He said the commission can now move the guidelines forward to the Arcata City Council, and begin to tackle the next big issue -- a state mandate to create zoning for emergency shelters and find a new location for the Arcata Service Center.
”We want to manage one major project at a time,” Oetker said. The dispensary guidelines will be an amendment to the recently approved land use codes.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Times-Standard
Author: Donna Tam
Copyright: 2008 Times-Standard
Contact: Contact Us - Times-Standard Online
Website: Arcata planners to move forward with dispensary guidelines - Times-Standard Online
After months of deliberating on the language of the dispensary guidelines, aimed at imposing restrictions on how dispensaries operate in hopes of curbing Proposition 215 card abuse, the commission was delayed by the release of state guidelines late last month.
The commission had decided that it needed more time to evaluate the Office of the Attorney General's guidelines since several definitions were lacking from Arcata's current draft code.
Community Development Director Larry Oetker said staff was able to review the state guidelines and revise Arcata's draft guidelines to bring them up to compliance. He said the commission can now move the guidelines forward to the Arcata City Council, and begin to tackle the next big issue -- a state mandate to create zoning for emergency shelters and find a new location for the Arcata Service Center.
”We want to manage one major project at a time,” Oetker said. The dispensary guidelines will be an amendment to the recently approved land use codes.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Times-Standard
Author: Donna Tam
Copyright: 2008 Times-Standard
Contact: Contact Us - Times-Standard Online
Website: Arcata planners to move forward with dispensary guidelines - Times-Standard Online
