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Pinetop‑Lakeside planning commission recommends amending marijuana rules to align with state law and lower separation distances
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend town-council amendments to town code chapters 17.102 (medical) and 17.114 (recreational) so recreational sales mirror medical rules and to reduce separation distances between dispensaries and residences, schools and religious institutions.
The Pinetop‑Lakeside Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the Town Council amend town code chapter 17.102 (medical marijuana) and chapter 17.114 (recreational marijuana) to comply with state law and to loosen certain distance limits for dispensaries.
The recommendation would require recreational dispensaries to be regulated no more restrictively than medical dispensaries and would change the local separation rules: the update reduces the required distance from a dispensary exterior wall to the exterior wall of the nearest residentially zoned property from 500 feet to 250 feet, and reduces the required distance from schools and religious institutions from 1,000 feet to 500 feet. The commission also recommended allowing one dual-licensed facility (medical and recreational) in town, consistent with state licensing rules.
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