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Residents urge stricter cannabis zoning, raise odor and lighting concerns at public forum
Summary
Multiple Pine County residents and township representatives told the Board of Commissioners they want uniform rules for cannabis growing facilities, citing odors, lighting, setbacks and bonding for site cleanup as unresolved in the current draft ordinance.
Dozens of Pine County residents used the board’s public forum to press commissioners to revise a draft cannabis zoning ordinance they say leaves gaps that could allow large greenhouse operations near homes.
Those speaking identified problems with how the draft distinguishes facility size, treats odors and lighting, and applies setbacks. John De Grey, a Royalton Township resident, said he could not find a provision covering a 30,000-square-foot greenhouse and said, “all these rules should be applied to everyone” so odors cannot “dissipate outside the property line.”
The speakers said the version of the ordinance under consideration appears to be less protective of neighbors than an earlier draft that followed Minnesota guidance and the Minnesota Association of Counties. Pastor Joe…
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