Jacob Bell
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Santa Barbara County now will allow medical marijuana collective storefronts to apply for permits in select areas.
The county's moratorium is set to expire at the end of this year, so the county Planning Commission last week approved zoning changes to put regulations in place.
The intent is to provide regional, realistic access for those in need of medical marijuana while buffering them from certain areas, such as schools, according to the staff report.
Sites must be outside of buffer zones around schools, parks, day-care centers and other dispensaries, which is standard in ordinances by other jurisdictions. That narrowed the field of potential commercial properties to seven areas: three areas near Santa Maria and Orcutt, one near Vandenberg Village, one in New Cuyama and two in western Santa Barbara near La Cumbre Drive.
To apply, potential owners must provide the county Planning and Development Department with the address, an operating plan – including security, signage and lighting – and a business plan.
The City of Santa Barbara, which already has permitted dispensaries within its limits, went through a much longer, involved process to come up with its permitting criteria.
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Source: noozhawk.com
Author: Giana Magnoli
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Copyright: Malamute Ventures LLC
Website: Santa Barbara County to Allow Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Apply for Permits
The county's moratorium is set to expire at the end of this year, so the county Planning Commission last week approved zoning changes to put regulations in place.
The intent is to provide regional, realistic access for those in need of medical marijuana while buffering them from certain areas, such as schools, according to the staff report.
Sites must be outside of buffer zones around schools, parks, day-care centers and other dispensaries, which is standard in ordinances by other jurisdictions. That narrowed the field of potential commercial properties to seven areas: three areas near Santa Maria and Orcutt, one near Vandenberg Village, one in New Cuyama and two in western Santa Barbara near La Cumbre Drive.
To apply, potential owners must provide the county Planning and Development Department with the address, an operating plan – including security, signage and lighting – and a business plan.
The City of Santa Barbara, which already has permitted dispensaries within its limits, went through a much longer, involved process to come up with its permitting criteria.
News Hawk- Jacob Ebel 420 MAGAZINE
Source: noozhawk.com
Author: Giana Magnoli
Contact: Contact Us
Copyright: Malamute Ventures LLC
Website: Santa Barbara County to Allow Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Apply for Permits
