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Washington State - Twelve more marijuana businesses filed their intention in the last week to either grow, process or sell marijuana in Yakima County, bringing the total number of entities to 28. As of Tuesday, 14 Yakima County businesses had applied for both producer and processor licenses, 11 for producer licenses only and three for marijuana retail locations.
It appeared some businesses filed for multiple locations in the county under the same or slightly different names, according to preliminary information released by the state Liquor Control Board. A producer license applicant named Sapid Leaf applied for locations near Outlook and Granger, while one producer-processor aspirant named Orgrow applied for a location outside the city of Yakima and another named Orgrow LLLP applied for a producer-processor location in Moxee.
Businesses are limited to no more than three state-issued producer or processor licenses. So far, Kittitas County has had seven apply for producer licenses and six apply for both producer and processor licenses. In Klickitat County, six have applied for producer and processor licenses, with one applying for three producer licenses on adjoining parcels on Brentwood Road near Goldendale.
Three businesses have applied for producer and processor licenses with addresses just outside Prosser city limits in Benton County. Many of the Yakima County applicants are in unincorporated areas, but there were more looking to locate to cities in the latest round of filings. So far, two business applicants have listed addresses in the city limits of Yakima, two in Union Gap, one in Sunnyside and one in Moxee.
A few new applicants are just outside of some city limits. Tolle House Farms on Old Naches Highway, which applied for a license to open a grow operation between 2,000 and 10,000 square feet in size, is outside Naches town limits about half a mile from Naches Valley Middle School. The greatest concentration of applicants list addresses in the area of Cottonwood Canyon Road, west of Yakima. Three businesses – Cheshire Creek, Bright Home & Property Inspections and PT Gardens – list addresses there and a fourth, Hydro Pro, lists its location on nearby Hubbard Road.
All but one of those four applied for a Tier 3 producer license, meaning if they are approved, each could grow on between 10,000 to 30,000 square feet of land. Producers have the option to grow indoors or outdoors, but such operations must meet stringent security guidelines imposed by the state. The three applications in the county for retail licenses is well short of the 14 allotted by the state. The only new retail applicant in the last week listed an address outside of Grandview city limits, bringing the total applicant list to three.
Each application comes with a nonrefundable $250 fee. Licensees will have to pay a $1,000 annual renewal fee, possess commercial liability insurance and pay additional fees for background checks and filing for local business licenses. The application period closes Dec. 19, but the state can extend the deadline or reopen the application window at its discretion. The cities of Yakima, Union Gap, Selah, Moxee, Sunnyside and Toppenish have all approved moratoriums preventing marijuana businesses from opening. In November, Prosser passed a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries but not on recreational marijuana businesses.
The city of Yakima is drafting an ordinance that would ban such businesses. In lieu of a ban, Naches Town Administrator Jeff Ranger said the law makes it impossible for any marijuana business to open within town limits because of state-mandated 1,000-foot distance requirements from churches, schools, parks and other public gathering places.
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Source: Yakimaherald.com
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It appeared some businesses filed for multiple locations in the county under the same or slightly different names, according to preliminary information released by the state Liquor Control Board. A producer license applicant named Sapid Leaf applied for locations near Outlook and Granger, while one producer-processor aspirant named Orgrow applied for a location outside the city of Yakima and another named Orgrow LLLP applied for a producer-processor location in Moxee.
Businesses are limited to no more than three state-issued producer or processor licenses. So far, Kittitas County has had seven apply for producer licenses and six apply for both producer and processor licenses. In Klickitat County, six have applied for producer and processor licenses, with one applying for three producer licenses on adjoining parcels on Brentwood Road near Goldendale.
Three businesses have applied for producer and processor licenses with addresses just outside Prosser city limits in Benton County. Many of the Yakima County applicants are in unincorporated areas, but there were more looking to locate to cities in the latest round of filings. So far, two business applicants have listed addresses in the city limits of Yakima, two in Union Gap, one in Sunnyside and one in Moxee.
A few new applicants are just outside of some city limits. Tolle House Farms on Old Naches Highway, which applied for a license to open a grow operation between 2,000 and 10,000 square feet in size, is outside Naches town limits about half a mile from Naches Valley Middle School. The greatest concentration of applicants list addresses in the area of Cottonwood Canyon Road, west of Yakima. Three businesses – Cheshire Creek, Bright Home & Property Inspections and PT Gardens – list addresses there and a fourth, Hydro Pro, lists its location on nearby Hubbard Road.
All but one of those four applied for a Tier 3 producer license, meaning if they are approved, each could grow on between 10,000 to 30,000 square feet of land. Producers have the option to grow indoors or outdoors, but such operations must meet stringent security guidelines imposed by the state. The three applications in the county for retail licenses is well short of the 14 allotted by the state. The only new retail applicant in the last week listed an address outside of Grandview city limits, bringing the total applicant list to three.
Each application comes with a nonrefundable $250 fee. Licensees will have to pay a $1,000 annual renewal fee, possess commercial liability insurance and pay additional fees for background checks and filing for local business licenses. The application period closes Dec. 19, but the state can extend the deadline or reopen the application window at its discretion. The cities of Yakima, Union Gap, Selah, Moxee, Sunnyside and Toppenish have all approved moratoriums preventing marijuana businesses from opening. In November, Prosser passed a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries but not on recreational marijuana businesses.
The city of Yakima is drafting an ordinance that would ban such businesses. In lieu of a ban, Naches Town Administrator Jeff Ranger said the law makes it impossible for any marijuana business to open within town limits because of state-mandated 1,000-foot distance requirements from churches, schools, parks and other public gathering places.
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Source: Yakimaherald.com
Author: Mike Faulk
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Website: Yakima Herald Republic | 12 more Yakima County entities apply to join pot trade
