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Washington State - Battle Ground City Council members voted unanimously during an Oct. 20 City Council meeting to lift a moratorium they had enacted in July 2011 that prohibited medical marijuana facilities. Council members had originally passed the emergency moratorium prohibiting collective medical marijuana gardens back in July 2011 after Senate Bill 5073 passed the state Legislature and was partially approved by former Gov. Chris Gregoire. The bill allows for up to 10 qualifying patients to join together and have a collective medical marijuana garden with a maximum of 45 plants.
City Council members voted to extend the moratorium for an additional six months twice, once in March 2012 and the other in July 2014. The existing resolution prohibiting medical marijuana facilities would have expired in December 2014. In voting to lift the moratorium, council members also voted to adopt Ordinance No. 14-17 to amend Battle Ground Municipal Code to incorporate the use of medical marijuana collective gardens.
This new ordinance will go into effect 30 days after passage, which will be in the middle of November. It will allow indoor collective gardens in specific commercial zones of the city. The medical marijuana collective gardens will be allowed only in places in the city zoned as regional centers, community centers and light industrial districts. A Type II land use review will also be required to operate a medical marijuana collective garden.
According to the City of Battle Ground Municipal Code: "The creation of a collective garden means qualifying patients sharing responsibility for acquiring and supplying the resources required to produce and process cannabis for medical use. This may include resourcing a location for a collective garden; equipment, supplies, and labor necessary for proper construction, plumbing, wiring, and ventilation of a garden of cannabis plants."
Regulations will also be put on the collective gardens, including not more than one collective garden being established in a single tax parcel or lot, and not being allowed to be located within 1,000 feet of public or private schools, child care services, child day care centers, religious institutions, public libraries, public and private playgrounds, community centers, any other collective garden, or a recreational marijuana producer, processor or retailer.
Gardens will also not be permitted outdoors and must be located in a structure. No collective gardens can be located in any manner or place where the marijuana plants may be viewed from an abutting public or private property and no signs or symbols advertising the collective garden will be permitted. Battle Ground and Vancouver are currently the only cities in Clark County without a ban on recreational marijuana shops. During the Council meeting, council members expressed their appreciation to city staff for putting the ordinance together. "I want to thank the city manager and Erin (Erdman) for crafting this," said Council Member Adrian Cortes. "I think this is a responsible ordinance."
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City Council members voted to extend the moratorium for an additional six months twice, once in March 2012 and the other in July 2014. The existing resolution prohibiting medical marijuana facilities would have expired in December 2014. In voting to lift the moratorium, council members also voted to adopt Ordinance No. 14-17 to amend Battle Ground Municipal Code to incorporate the use of medical marijuana collective gardens.
This new ordinance will go into effect 30 days after passage, which will be in the middle of November. It will allow indoor collective gardens in specific commercial zones of the city. The medical marijuana collective gardens will be allowed only in places in the city zoned as regional centers, community centers and light industrial districts. A Type II land use review will also be required to operate a medical marijuana collective garden.
According to the City of Battle Ground Municipal Code: "The creation of a collective garden means qualifying patients sharing responsibility for acquiring and supplying the resources required to produce and process cannabis for medical use. This may include resourcing a location for a collective garden; equipment, supplies, and labor necessary for proper construction, plumbing, wiring, and ventilation of a garden of cannabis plants."
Regulations will also be put on the collective gardens, including not more than one collective garden being established in a single tax parcel or lot, and not being allowed to be located within 1,000 feet of public or private schools, child care services, child day care centers, religious institutions, public libraries, public and private playgrounds, community centers, any other collective garden, or a recreational marijuana producer, processor or retailer.
Gardens will also not be permitted outdoors and must be located in a structure. No collective gardens can be located in any manner or place where the marijuana plants may be viewed from an abutting public or private property and no signs or symbols advertising the collective garden will be permitted. Battle Ground and Vancouver are currently the only cities in Clark County without a ban on recreational marijuana shops. During the Council meeting, council members expressed their appreciation to city staff for putting the ordinance together. "I want to thank the city manager and Erin (Erdman) for crafting this," said Council Member Adrian Cortes. "I think this is a responsible ordinance."
News Moderator - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Thereflector.com
Author: Joanna Michaud
Contact: Contact Us
Website: BG Council lifts moratorium on medical marijuana gardens - The Reflector: News
