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Bel Air moves to tighten cannabis dispensary spacing; plans emergency ordinance
Summary
Following a June 10 work session, Bel Air commissioners directed staff to pursue an ordinance to increase cannabis dispensary separation — proposing a half-mile limit — and to fast-track adoption steps so the town meets a state timing requirement.
Bel Air commissioners on June 10 directed town staff to prepare an ordinance that would increase the allowable distance between cannabis dispensaries inside town limits, and to advertise the change for possible emergency adoption before the state’s early-July deadline.
The town’s current regulation requires 1,000 feet between dispensaries; staff and commissioners discussed raising that spacing to one-half mile (0.5 mile) so the town would likely host only a single dispensary if one is ever permitted. Kevin, a town staff member leading the briefing, told the board that moving to a half-mile separation would “likely that if we ever got a cannabis dispensary, there would only be 1.”
Why it matters: Dispensary location rules determine how many licensed…
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