Katelyn Baker
Well-Known Member
Cannon Beach - Inquiries yes, but applications have yet to be filed in Cannon Beach for a retail cannabis outlet.
Voters knocked down a retail cannabis prohibition at the polls on Election Day. By voting "no" to prohibition, they green-lighted the retail licensing of cannabis dispensaries in Cannon Beach. The vote was 446 against prohibition and 436 in its favor.
Cannon Beach voters also approved a 3 percent local tax on recreational marijuana sales to support public safety.
City Recorder Colleen Riggs said there were no retail license applications filed yet, but she had received calls for information.
Applications would be filed through the Planning Department, "which would determine whether or not it meets the intent of the zoning," City Manager Brant Kucera said, followed by a land-use compatibility process.
The Cannon Beach City Council voted in July to restrict marijuana sales to three separate commercial zones. Under the ordinance, retailers could operate downtown from Ecola Creek south to Washington Street, midtown from Harrison Street south to Elliot Way and in Tolovana Park from Delta Street south to the Sandcastle Condominiums.
In 2014, marijuana-legalization Measure 91 passed with 63 percent of the vote in Cannon Beach. In July, a group of residents gathered 155 certified signatures and successfully brought forth Measure 4-179, asking voters whether recreational sales should be banned.
In all, more than 50 cities and counties across Oregon considered banning marijuana sales on Election Day.
In Cannon Beach, manufacturing and processing remain prohibited since the city has no industrial zoning, Kucera said.
Residents may grow a specified number of plants on their own properties in accordance with Oregon Liquor Control Commission licensing guidelines.
Cannon Beach councilors must take up one more aspect of the law by modifying its business license.
"Currently our business license states if you're not in compliance with state and federal law, you will be denied your business license," Kucera said. "Now that the voters have spoken on the initiative, we need to change that business license so we don't have that federal regulation in there."
"We're going to try to get the business license changed by about the new year," he added. "Once that's changed, they'll be able to move ahead. Typically, I'd want to say a business that started out now with the process, if they're not building, if they're just opening a shop, they'll probably be open by spring, summer."
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Cannon Beach Awaits First Marijuana Application
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Photo Credit: Brennen Linsley
Website: The Daily Astorian
Voters knocked down a retail cannabis prohibition at the polls on Election Day. By voting "no" to prohibition, they green-lighted the retail licensing of cannabis dispensaries in Cannon Beach. The vote was 446 against prohibition and 436 in its favor.
Cannon Beach voters also approved a 3 percent local tax on recreational marijuana sales to support public safety.
City Recorder Colleen Riggs said there were no retail license applications filed yet, but she had received calls for information.
Applications would be filed through the Planning Department, "which would determine whether or not it meets the intent of the zoning," City Manager Brant Kucera said, followed by a land-use compatibility process.
The Cannon Beach City Council voted in July to restrict marijuana sales to three separate commercial zones. Under the ordinance, retailers could operate downtown from Ecola Creek south to Washington Street, midtown from Harrison Street south to Elliot Way and in Tolovana Park from Delta Street south to the Sandcastle Condominiums.
In 2014, marijuana-legalization Measure 91 passed with 63 percent of the vote in Cannon Beach. In July, a group of residents gathered 155 certified signatures and successfully brought forth Measure 4-179, asking voters whether recreational sales should be banned.
In all, more than 50 cities and counties across Oregon considered banning marijuana sales on Election Day.
In Cannon Beach, manufacturing and processing remain prohibited since the city has no industrial zoning, Kucera said.
Residents may grow a specified number of plants on their own properties in accordance with Oregon Liquor Control Commission licensing guidelines.
Cannon Beach councilors must take up one more aspect of the law by modifying its business license.
"Currently our business license states if you're not in compliance with state and federal law, you will be denied your business license," Kucera said. "Now that the voters have spoken on the initiative, we need to change that business license so we don't have that federal regulation in there."
"We're going to try to get the business license changed by about the new year," he added. "Once that's changed, they'll be able to move ahead. Typically, I'd want to say a business that started out now with the process, if they're not building, if they're just opening a shop, they'll probably be open by spring, summer."
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Cannon Beach Awaits First Marijuana Application
Author: R.J. Marx
Contact: (503) 325-3211
Photo Credit: Brennen Linsley
Website: The Daily Astorian
