Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
KEY ACTION: A moratorium on medical marijuana will stand for another six months while Park Township officials wait and see what might happen.
DISCUSSION: A zoning rule would have relegated medical marijuana caregivers to commercial property, required them to come to the Planning Commission for a special use permit and imposed other limitations. The board instead voted 4-3 to extend a moratorium on commercial medical marijuana facilities for another six months.
The planning commission, which created the ordinance, intentionally left the new zoning vague so it could address each request.
Ensuring caregivers are conforming to local code and to the state standard of up to five patients, 12 plants or 2.5 ounces of dried marijuana per patient would have been complaint-driven.
"I hesitate to pass an ordinance that has no possibility of being enforced," Supervisor Amanda Price said.
The Planning Commission is expected to re-examine the proposed ordinance in a few months in light of any new data.
"We can't do nothing. We can't just keep kicking this down the road," Trustee Bob Ellis said.
Source: Holland Sentinel (MI)
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Contact: The Holland Sentinel - Holland, MI - The Holland Sentinel
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Author: Andrea Goodell
DISCUSSION: A zoning rule would have relegated medical marijuana caregivers to commercial property, required them to come to the Planning Commission for a special use permit and imposed other limitations. The board instead voted 4-3 to extend a moratorium on commercial medical marijuana facilities for another six months.
The planning commission, which created the ordinance, intentionally left the new zoning vague so it could address each request.
Ensuring caregivers are conforming to local code and to the state standard of up to five patients, 12 plants or 2.5 ounces of dried marijuana per patient would have been complaint-driven.
"I hesitate to pass an ordinance that has no possibility of being enforced," Supervisor Amanda Price said.
The Planning Commission is expected to re-examine the proposed ordinance in a few months in light of any new data.
"We can't do nothing. We can't just keep kicking this down the road," Trustee Bob Ellis said.
Source: Holland Sentinel (MI)
Copyright: 2010 GateHouse Media, Inc.
Contact: The Holland Sentinel - Holland, MI - The Holland Sentinel
Website: Home - Holland, MI - The Holland Sentinel
Author: Andrea Goodell
