Jacob Bell
New Member
Olivehurst, CA--For a few hours, a medical marijuana collective in Olivehurst was open for patients Tuesday, before Yuba County closed it down again over permit issues.
The Garden Shop, at 5040 Olivehurst Ave., Olivehurst, reopened at noon Tuesday while an appeal of the permit violation is pending.
But less than three hours later, the Yuba County Sheriff's Department and county Code Enforcement officials showed up and the doors were closed again by 4 p.m.
"To us, it's clear they had the intent to move forward with a completely different type of business than what they presented to the Planning Department," said county spokesman Russ Brown, adding the county shut down the collective Tuesday because its occupancy permit was previously revoked.
Employees at the collective provided a copy of the appeal, which disputes the county's reasons for revoking the permit.
"The application was for retail use of the premises as a shop. There is no code section that requires a business owner to describe in detail every item that may be available for sale at the location. There was no misrepresentation," states the appeal, written by Sacrame to attorney Jeffrey Kravitz.
He said Tuesday his understanding of the law would allow the collective to remain open before the appeal is heard. The county has not set a date for a hearing before its appeals board.
"According to the statutes as I read them, there's an automatic stay," Kravitz said. "The county's not saying we're rejected on appeal, they're saying we don't even have an opportunity to appeal."
Kravitz said he would describe the county's approach as "gangster government," saying it won't allow someone to establish a business if it doesn't fit in the county's boxes.
"That's not a free market," he said.
At the Yuba County Board of Supervisors meeting earlier Tuesday, Larry Koshman, who said he was a third-generation rice farmer in Pleasant Grove, asked supervisors to keep an open mind about his business. He said outside the meeting the collective would reopen.
Koshman's Inc. is described as the store's lease holder in the appeal.
The Garden Shop has growing supplies, which appear to be aimed at medical marijuana patients harvesting their own plants, as well as a small dispensary with scales and price boards for different strains of marijuana.
Store officials said only collective members will be able to patronize the store, which shares the building with a liquor store. The front doors of The Garden Shop still show both notices of permit revocation by the county and the appeal written by Kravitz.
Ads for the collective have run in the Appeal-Democrat and on radio over the past few days.
Medical marijuana advocates have met with resistance in Yuba-Sutter in recent years, with attempts at opening collectives or dispensaries often short-lived.
News Hawk- Jacob Ebel 420 MAGAZINE
Source: appeal-democrat.com
Author: Ben van der Meer
Contact: Contact Us
Copyright: Freedom Communications
Website: Olivehurst medical pot shop closed after only a few hours
The Garden Shop, at 5040 Olivehurst Ave., Olivehurst, reopened at noon Tuesday while an appeal of the permit violation is pending.
But less than three hours later, the Yuba County Sheriff's Department and county Code Enforcement officials showed up and the doors were closed again by 4 p.m.
"To us, it's clear they had the intent to move forward with a completely different type of business than what they presented to the Planning Department," said county spokesman Russ Brown, adding the county shut down the collective Tuesday because its occupancy permit was previously revoked.
Employees at the collective provided a copy of the appeal, which disputes the county's reasons for revoking the permit.
"The application was for retail use of the premises as a shop. There is no code section that requires a business owner to describe in detail every item that may be available for sale at the location. There was no misrepresentation," states the appeal, written by Sacrame to attorney Jeffrey Kravitz.
He said Tuesday his understanding of the law would allow the collective to remain open before the appeal is heard. The county has not set a date for a hearing before its appeals board.
"According to the statutes as I read them, there's an automatic stay," Kravitz said. "The county's not saying we're rejected on appeal, they're saying we don't even have an opportunity to appeal."
Kravitz said he would describe the county's approach as "gangster government," saying it won't allow someone to establish a business if it doesn't fit in the county's boxes.
"That's not a free market," he said.
At the Yuba County Board of Supervisors meeting earlier Tuesday, Larry Koshman, who said he was a third-generation rice farmer in Pleasant Grove, asked supervisors to keep an open mind about his business. He said outside the meeting the collective would reopen.
Koshman's Inc. is described as the store's lease holder in the appeal.
The Garden Shop has growing supplies, which appear to be aimed at medical marijuana patients harvesting their own plants, as well as a small dispensary with scales and price boards for different strains of marijuana.
Store officials said only collective members will be able to patronize the store, which shares the building with a liquor store. The front doors of The Garden Shop still show both notices of permit revocation by the county and the appeal written by Kravitz.
Ads for the collective have run in the Appeal-Democrat and on radio over the past few days.
Medical marijuana advocates have met with resistance in Yuba-Sutter in recent years, with attempts at opening collectives or dispensaries often short-lived.
News Hawk- Jacob Ebel 420 MAGAZINE
Source: appeal-democrat.com
Author: Ben van der Meer
Contact: Contact Us
Copyright: Freedom Communications
Website: Olivehurst medical pot shop closed after only a few hours
