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Council removes cannabis prohibition from new B‑3 business district and adopts zoning change
Summary
Richmond Heights City Council voted 4‑3 on June 24 to adopt Ordinance 71‑2025 creating a new B‑3 General Business District and removing a clause that would have specifically prohibited cultivation, processing, testing and dispensing by medical and adult‑use cannabis entities.
Richmond Heights City Council voted 4‑3 on June 24 to adopt Ordinance 71‑2025, which adds a new B‑3 General Business District to the city’s zoning code and deletes language that would have specifically prohibited cultivation, processing, testing and dispensing by medical marijuana and adult‑use cannabis entities.
The action followed a required public hearing earlier in the meeting on amendments to the planning and zoning code and subsequent debate during third reading of the ordinance. Council approved the change after a motion to strike the prohibition passed 4‑3; the final ordinance was then approved with the deletion in place. The council noted the ordinance will take effect in 30 days unless a referendum petition is filed.
Why it matters: the change removes an explicit local ban on a set…
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