city

The Fortuna City Council on Wednesday directed staff to draft an ordinance barring commercial marijuana businesses, banning outdoor cannabis grows and requiring renters to get property owner approval for personal use grows within city limits. "I want to make it miserable for someone to grow...

ADELANTO – City officials weren't willing to bend last week from plans to keep commercial medical marijuana facilities at least 1,000 feet from residential zones. The resistance to entertaining any deviations, for now, would appear to be problematic for the only project in Adelanto which is...

Corning - The City Council received a presentation Tuesday regarding the passage of Proposition 64, or the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, in preparation for a joint meeting with Red Bluff and the Tehama County Board of Supervisors at 6 p.m. Monday at the supervisors chambers, 727 Oak St. in Red...

EASTLAKE, Ohio - From community center to marijuana manufacturer? Eastlake City Council unanimously approved the sale of the city's old JFK Senior Center for a potential 50-thousand square foot medical marijuana cultivation center. Katie Bitonti told News 5 she would have a front row seat to...

Detroit – It's been a year since Detroit put laws in place to regulate medical marijuana shops and as of today, only two have been approved to operate. The strict set of zoning and licensing requirements adopted in 2015 by the City Council went into effect last March. That's when all shops –...

Behlehem is considering a zoning proposal that would specify where medical marijuana businesses could set up shop. But patients wouldn't be filling the prescription downtown or at a neighborhood's corner store. The five-page zoning ordinance, which the Planning Commission backed earlier...

Mayfield Heights, Ohio - City Council, without discussion and without dissent passed an ordinance extending the city's moratorium on the cultivation, processing and dispending of medical marijuana in Mayfield Heights. Council passed a six-month moratorium on medical marijuana businesses...

Hanford, Calif. - A Bay Area medical marijuana company is ditching its plan to start a massive cultivation facility in Hanford, but the city says it's still moving forward with changing their rules to accommodate those types of businesses. Oakland's Purple Heart Patient Center had already...

A company proposing a medical marijuana facility in Chardon is steering away from the city. Mayor Nancy McArthur reported at the March 9 City Council meeting that Willoughby-based GrowthOrchard is pursuing a larger facility than originally intended. Last month, business representative John...

Pataskala - The city's ongoing debate regarding whether to permit or prohibit medical marijuana businesses could be coming to an end. In late February, Pataskala Law Director Brian Zets provided Pataskala City Council with information regarding the state's new medical marijuana program. The...

Amesbury – A request to deliver medicinal marijuana within city limits has met opposition from local officials. In a letter, RBAB limited partnership owner Robert Bendetson, whose building houses the Alternative Therapies Group medical marijuana cultivation site at 10 Industrial Way, asked...

Fresno Mayor Lee Brand will likely support a proposal to ban recreational marijuana sales in the city, he said in an interview Wednesday, citing "inconclusive results" from city research and personal reservations. "When you have a family member involved in drugs, it has a terrible effect on...

South Portland – The possibility of South Portland becoming like Amsterdam in the Netherlands prompted city councilors to put off the question of allowing marijuana social clubs to open here. Instead, councilors directed city staff to continue developing less controversial licensing and...

In the final minutes of discussion, the City Council pivoted away from an outright ban on recreational marijuana businesses in Santa Monica Tuesday night, opting instead to direct staff members to consider all options. The decision to potentially give marijuana businesses a shot or instate a...

Anyone who owns and operates a pot business in Oakland will have to live in the city, Oakland's lawmakers have decided. That's bad news for established businesses like Dark Heart Nursery, run by a San Leandro resident who's worked in the city for more than a decade and whose family has lived...

When the smoke cleared at the public meeting on a cannabis-related business zoning amendment Monday night the only people who remained unmoved by the concerns of the 25 people who showed up was city council. Thirty minutes after the public meeting ended council approved adoption of the...

Brockton — The top lawyer for Brockton's city government is behind a new proposal to build a medical marijuana dispensary at the Westgate Mall. A limited liability company registered to City Solicitor Philip Nessralla is expected to petition the Brockton Zoning Board of Appeals at its upcoming...

Palm Beach County voters in November supported Amendment 2, authorizing the use of medical marijuana in Florida. Those eligible who want to access it in Boynton Beach may have to wait until September. Boynton Mayor Steven Grant recently proposed enacting a six-month moratorium on...

Santa Monica – The Santa Monica City Council will meet with city staff on Wednesday, March 7 to conduct a study session on the impact of allowing local legal marijuana dispensaries within city limits in response to the voter backed California Proposition 64. Proposition 64 will allow the...

Highland City Council passed a resolution to support any applicant who would put a medical marijuana cultivation facility in the City of Highland during their regular meeting Feb. 14. The decision came after a presentation and request made by attorney Michelle Huff, on behalf of a client who at...