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City staff members tonight are expected to ask that the City
Council extend a moratorium on the establishment of medical marijuana
dispensaries.
In addition, city staff will likely request that the council repeal an
exemption it made in April that permitted an existing dispensary,
located at 268 San Lorenzo St., to continue operating.
On April 3, a majority of the council voted to adopt an urgency
ordinance that set a 45-day ban on such facilities, in order to give
the city time to begin work on the development of regulations for such
businesses.
If the council approves extending the moratorium, it would be extended
for 10 months and 15 days and give city staff the necessary time to
address the businesses, a city staff report said.
Staff members are also expected to ask that the council repeal the
exemption it granted to Farm Assist Caregivers, located on San Lorenzo
Street. At the April meeting, representatives for the dispensary said
they had been in operation since December 2005.
The request follows research on the part of city staff that found the
business is operating illegally since it does not have a business
license. A business license cannot be issued because the city does not
have any areas where such operations are authorized to be opened, the
report said.
City staff will also ask for authorization to have city code
enforcement personnel follow up on the matter, the report said.
Also tonight, the allocation of more than $4.1 million in federal
funds will go before the City Council for final approval.
Community Development Block Grant funds must be divided into different
categories using federal formulas.
About $2.9 million are expected to go to a combination of
infrastructure improvements and to programs and services.
Newshawk: Urdedpal -420Times.com
Pubdate: Mon, 15 May 2006
Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA)
Copyright: 2006 Los Angeles Newspaper Group
Council extend a moratorium on the establishment of medical marijuana
dispensaries.
In addition, city staff will likely request that the council repeal an
exemption it made in April that permitted an existing dispensary,
located at 268 San Lorenzo St., to continue operating.
On April 3, a majority of the council voted to adopt an urgency
ordinance that set a 45-day ban on such facilities, in order to give
the city time to begin work on the development of regulations for such
businesses.
If the council approves extending the moratorium, it would be extended
for 10 months and 15 days and give city staff the necessary time to
address the businesses, a city staff report said.
Staff members are also expected to ask that the council repeal the
exemption it granted to Farm Assist Caregivers, located on San Lorenzo
Street. At the April meeting, representatives for the dispensary said
they had been in operation since December 2005.
The request follows research on the part of city staff that found the
business is operating illegally since it does not have a business
license. A business license cannot be issued because the city does not
have any areas where such operations are authorized to be opened, the
report said.
City staff will also ask for authorization to have city code
enforcement personnel follow up on the matter, the report said.
Also tonight, the allocation of more than $4.1 million in federal
funds will go before the City Council for final approval.
Community Development Block Grant funds must be divided into different
categories using federal formulas.
About $2.9 million are expected to go to a combination of
infrastructure improvements and to programs and services.
Newshawk: Urdedpal -420Times.com
Pubdate: Mon, 15 May 2006
Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA)
Copyright: 2006 Los Angeles Newspaper Group
