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Caribou council asks planning board to integrate marijuana zoning ordinance after procedural dispute
Summary
After debate about whether Ordinance 3 followed required planning-board procedures, the council voted unanimously to ask the planning board and city staff to reconcile and integrate Ordinance 3 into chapters 7 and 13 of the city code; a prior motion to rescind the ordinance failed in a split vote.
The Caribou City Council on Aug. 25 voted unanimously to ask the city planning board and staff to reconcile and integrate Ordinance 3 (series 2025) into Chapter 13 (land use) and Chapter 7 (licenses and permits) of the Caribou City Code, following council debate about whether the ordinance had followed the planning-board review procedures required by local and state law.
At issue was whether the council should have submitted the ordinance to the planning board for a formal review, public hearing and recommendations before adopting the zoning changes. One councilor moved to rescind the earlier vote approving Ordinance 3…
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