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Perrysburg committee sends three cannabis ordinances to council for first reading amid zoning, buffer and moratorium debate
Summary
Committee reviewed three draft ordinances that would permit dispensaries in specified commercial zones (C2, C3, C4) as special approval uses, reviewed maps showing 500-foot buffers around sensitive sites, and set the package for council first reading; members discussed whether to include planned business parks and sought school-district input.
Members of the Perrysburg Board & Committees reviewed three draft ordinance actions to regulate cannabis businesses and agreed to forward the package to city council for first reading and further discussion.
A city staff member outlined the three pieces: a consolidated definitions update, a zoning chart showing where special approval uses would be permitted, and “ordinance 12 35 0 4 AAA,” the draft ordinance that would establish the permitting framework for dispensaries in Perrysburg. “The third is the actual ordinance 12 35 0 4 AAA, which will be, if council or committee decides to move forward and council wants to move along with this would be the, permitting of dispensaries within the city of Perrysburg,” the staff member said.
Staff provided maps that show 500-foot buffers around schools, playgrounds, childcare centers, parks, libraries and churches; the maps also show which parcels in C2, C3 and C4 would remain available if the draft is adopted. The committee discussed whether to add planned business parks (PBP) to the list of allowable locations. One staff member recommended not including PBPs to avoid displacing specialized industrial or warehouse users; others said adding PBPs could allow locations such as Levis or Harbortown where urban village overlays exist.
Committee members raised multiple policy questions: whether to permit adult-use and/or medical dispensaries, whether tax revenue would meaningfully benefit the city, and whether allowing dispensaries would increase calls for police services. An economic development staff member said, “My my opinion was that that it's not worth it to do it at all… that it's not worth additional call for police services.” The administration noted that some tax revenue currently leaves the city when residents purchase products outside Perrysburg and that host-community tax revenue can be significant in some municipalities.
Members asked staff to solicit opinions from the school board and other stakeholders. A committee member urged outreach: “I think we absolutely should get an opinion from the school board.” Staff noted the city’s current zoning moratorium on cannabis-related uses runs through 2025-05-07 and said the administration would present the ordinances to council for the first reading scheduled in council’s packet (the transcript notes the ordinance would be brought to council for first reading on the eighteenth). Staff said they expect the normal process of three readings and the opportunity to amend the ordinance between readings.
No formal vote was recorded in committee; the committee agreed to forward the draft ordinances and accompanying maps to city council for formal consideration and public discussion. Staff said other implementation details under consideration include sign and storefront restrictions, criminal enforcement language for public smoking violations, and whether to allow related activities such as testing, cultivation, or processing (staff noted some activities, like testing laboratories, may be permissible separately). The administration also flagged potential state-level changes affecting host-community funding.
