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Planning commission backs permanent prohibition on adult-use cannabis operators and sends recommendation to council
Summary
The Clayton Planning Commission recommended that City Council adopt a permanent prohibition on adult-use cannabis operators — dispensaries, processors and cultivators — citing a pending state budget provision that would remove municipal authority to limit or ban such businesses as of July 1.
The Clayton Planning Commission voted 4-1 to forward to City Council a recommendation that the city adopt a permanent prohibition on adult-use cannabis operators — including cultivators, processors and dispensaries — after staff warned a pending state budget provision would, as of July 1, remove municipal authority to prohibit or limit such businesses.
Planning staff summarized the local and state context: the City’s existing code permits medical marijuana operators (cultivation, processing and dispensary) in the CMX, CMI and MSD zoning districts. The November 2023 statewide ballot measure (referred to in the transcript as "37 80") legalized adult-use cannabis in Ohio…
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