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Two East Bay cities on Tuesday will look into joining the growing Bay Area trend of snuffing out potential medical marijuana dispensaries.
The Pleasanton City Council is scheduled to review a possible urgency ordinance to impose a 45-day moratorium on marijuana dispensaries within the city. At the council meeting July 19, the subject of such a moratorium was continued because of the length of the meeting. This time around, the ban should be the first item heard during the public hearing part of the meeting.
Also Tuesday night, the Dublin City Council will hear a similar item on establishing its own moratorium.
Pleasanton already has received at least one inquiry regarding establishing a dispensary in the city, as have the Tri-Valley cities of Danville and Livermore.
Tri-Valley police chiefs are urging all their cities to adopt such ordinances.
Pleasanton officials believe a moratorium may be necessary because many other local cities, and even Alameda County, have approved similar ordinances. According to a staff report, that could leave cities without moratoriums more likely to eventually house medical marijuana dispensaries.
According to the staff report prepared for the Pleasanton council, a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries also is essential because such providers pose a "current and immediate threat to public health, safety and welfare."
The battle over medical marijuana dispensaries recently popped back into the headlines as the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that federal authorities can enforce U.S. marijuana laws despite California's law allowing for personal medical use. In California, Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, allows a person to use marijuana for medical purposes if approved by a doctor.
Other local Bay Area governing bodies already have adopted such interim regulation ordinances. Berkeley adopted a zoning ordinance to limit the number of dispensaries to the three already existing there. Even the city and county of San Francisco approved a moratorium this year.
If a 45-day moratorium is approved, it can be extended twice. The first extension would give the city an additional 10 months and 15 days to study the issue, while the second extension grants an additional year. A four-fifths vote is needed to approve such a moratorium and any extensions.
Newshawk: SirBlazinBowl (420Times.com)
Source: Monterey County Herald (CA)
Copyright: 2005 Monterey County Herald
Contact: mheditor@montereyherald.com
Website: Monterey County Herald: Breaking News, Sports, Business, Entertainment & Monterey News
Author: Sophia Kazmi and Chris Metinko
The Pleasanton City Council is scheduled to review a possible urgency ordinance to impose a 45-day moratorium on marijuana dispensaries within the city. At the council meeting July 19, the subject of such a moratorium was continued because of the length of the meeting. This time around, the ban should be the first item heard during the public hearing part of the meeting.
Also Tuesday night, the Dublin City Council will hear a similar item on establishing its own moratorium.
Pleasanton already has received at least one inquiry regarding establishing a dispensary in the city, as have the Tri-Valley cities of Danville and Livermore.
Tri-Valley police chiefs are urging all their cities to adopt such ordinances.
Pleasanton officials believe a moratorium may be necessary because many other local cities, and even Alameda County, have approved similar ordinances. According to a staff report, that could leave cities without moratoriums more likely to eventually house medical marijuana dispensaries.
According to the staff report prepared for the Pleasanton council, a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries also is essential because such providers pose a "current and immediate threat to public health, safety and welfare."
The battle over medical marijuana dispensaries recently popped back into the headlines as the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that federal authorities can enforce U.S. marijuana laws despite California's law allowing for personal medical use. In California, Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, allows a person to use marijuana for medical purposes if approved by a doctor.
Other local Bay Area governing bodies already have adopted such interim regulation ordinances. Berkeley adopted a zoning ordinance to limit the number of dispensaries to the three already existing there. Even the city and county of San Francisco approved a moratorium this year.
If a 45-day moratorium is approved, it can be extended twice. The first extension would give the city an additional 10 months and 15 days to study the issue, while the second extension grants an additional year. A four-fifths vote is needed to approve such a moratorium and any extensions.
Newshawk: SirBlazinBowl (420Times.com)
Source: Monterey County Herald (CA)
Copyright: 2005 Monterey County Herald
Contact: mheditor@montereyherald.com
Website: Monterey County Herald: Breaking News, Sports, Business, Entertainment & Monterey News
Author: Sophia Kazmi and Chris Metinko
