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Committee weighs SB75 to ease county siting rules after counties restrict retail marijuana
Summary
The Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee heard Senate Bill 75, a proposal to ease county-level siting rules for retail adult-use marijuana, allow conversion of existing medical dispensaries to retail, and set minimum operating standards, the bill's sponsor said.
The Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee heard Senate Bill 75 on Tuesday, a measure sponsors said is intended to increase locations available for retail adult-use marijuana by amending county siting restrictions and clarifying conversion rights for existing medical dispensaries.
Senator Party, the bill's presenter, told the committee the law that legalized retail adult-use marijuana left siting control to counties and that some county ordinances have effectively eliminated commercial options. "The reality is they have effectively made the sale of marijuana illegal in Sussex County," Senator Party said, citing Sussex County's use of a three-mile buffer around municipalities, churches, schools, parks, day cares and government buildings and its designation of only a small set of C3 commercial parcels as potential retail sites.
SB75, as introduced, would: allow medical marijuana compassion centers that received conversion…
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