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Avella — More than two months ahead of the deadline for would-be growers and dispensers of medical marijuana to seek permission from state officials, Hopewell has adopted local zoning rules for any such outfits that eventually set up shop in the township. Supervisors amended the local zoning...

Pocono Township – A stretch of Route 611 near Tannersville is where owners of a medical marijuana business from California hope to expand in Pennsylvania. "CannaMed of Thousand Oaks" wants to grow and produce medical marijuana products in Pocono Township. "They proposed an amendment to our...

Jason Wamsley thought he found the perfect location for his new Kelso marijuana store, tucked into the Talley Way industrial area away from residential or public places. He's leasing the 2200 Talley Way building from Scott Hensrude, who bought the building for $450,000 on Nov. 10. But shortly...

Carlisle Borough Council Thursday voted to approve an ordinance that creates a designated medical marijuana processing and production zone in the borough's I-1 General Zoning District. Bruce Koziar, Carlisle's planning, zoning and codes manager, said the ordinance's passage is simply the...

Bonita Springs City Council is set to halt any medical marijuana dispensaries for up to six months after passing a moratorium first reading Wednesday. A one-year moratorium based on the Village of Estero's recent decision was shortened with an option to extend for another six months. "We...

Pittsburgh is changing its zoning regulations to accommodate medical marijuana distributors and producers. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation that would require distributors to operate only in commercial zones and production facilities only in areas zoned as industrial...

South Kingstown, R.I. - A Superior Court judge has ruled that the South Kingstown Zoning Board used "tortured reasoning" in finding that a medical marijuana grow operation is not allowed in downtown Wakefield. Judge Bennett Gallo ruled that the board was wrong to conclude that Jordan...

City Hall took steps Tuesday to change current laws around marijuana, in the wake of the Adult Use Marijuana Act (AUMA) passing. Mayor Lee and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development submitted legislation to establish interim zoning controls for the growing of marijuana. The legislation...

Thurston county is holding a public hearing November 8th to help determine whether the temporary marijuana zoning rules should stay in place until permanent ones are approved. Marijuana is legal state-wide, but zoning regulations determine where pot-related businesses can operate. Thurston...

Carlisle, Pa. - Carlisle Borough Council is moving ahead with a plan to restrict where medical marijuana operations could set up shop. On Thursday, council members voted to begin advertising a proposed ordinance that would amend current zoning laws, to address any future medical marijuana...

Carlisle, Pa. - Carlisle Borough Council is moving ahead with a plan to restrict where medical marijuana operations could set up shop. On Thursday, council members voted to begin advertising a proposed ordinance that would amend current zoning laws, to address any future medical marijuana...

Carlisle may soon allow the inclusion of production and processing medical marijuana in a designated zone in an effort to be proactive. "Since we don't have that grower or processor of medical marijuana use in our ordinance, we want to put it in," said Bruce Koziar, "Anybody can go to the...

Carlisle may soon allow the inclusion of production and processing medical marijuana in a designated zone in an effort to be proactive. "Since we don't have that grower or processor of medical marijuana use in our ordinance, we want to put it in," said Bruce Koziar, "Anybody can go to the...

Grafton - A proposed bylaw that would define a right to farm, and a zoning bylaw amendment designed to tighten control of marijuana dispensaries, are among the highlights on the fall town meeting warrant. Town meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Grafton High School auditorium, 24...

Fairbanks - An attempt to put extra zoning requirements on cannabis cafes failed before the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Thursday. The proposal to require a public hearing for a marijuana store looking to offer on-site consumption was rejected in a 5-4 vote. "It's more...

At its Sept. 8 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a new draft of the local code pertaining to zoning categories. Specifically, changes were made which would update Title 20 to include reference to the legalization of cannabis, as well as when and where state permitted...

Colerain Township officials say they will review law before taking steps to address medical marijuana in the township zoning code. To buy time for this review, trustees passed a moratorium on businesses connected to medical marijuana while they figure out what's best for the community. The...

Colerain Township officials say they will review law before taking steps to address medical marijuana in the township zoning code. To buy time for this review, trustees passed a moratorium on businesses connected to medical marijuana while they figure out what's best for the community. The...

Much of the talk lately has been about the ballot initiative for recreational marijuana use, but Arizona will award licenses for 31 new medical marijuana dispensaries in October. Most will be worth millions of dollars the day they are issued, and all an applicant had to do was find a location...

Much of the talk lately has been about the ballot initiative for recreational marijuana use, but Arizona will award licenses for 31 new medical marijuana dispensaries in October. Most will be worth millions of dollars the day they are issued, and all an applicant had to do was find a location...