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Deltona planning board backs city commission'-directed ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, 6-1
Summary
The Deltona Planning and Zoning Board voted 6-1 to recommend the City Commission adopt an ordinance that would repeal the city's medical marijuana dispensary rules and prohibit dispensaries in all zoning districts, making existing sites legal nonconforming uses.
The Deltona Planning and Zoning Board on May 21 voted 6-1 to recommend the City Commission approve ordinance number 21-20-25, a measure that would repeal Article 14 of Chapter 110 (medical marijuana dispensaries) and amend Article 3 (establishment of classifications and official zoning map) to prohibit dispensaries in all city zoning districts.
The recommendation follows direction the board said it received from the City Commission on April 7, 2025, to consider a full ban. Jonathan Knight, Planner 1 with the city, told the board the ordinance would remove dispensaries as a permitted or conditional use and make existing dispensaries legal nonconforming uses that must comply with section 110.601 (abandonment of use) if the property is unused for six months.
City staff described the proposed change and the local context. "The purpose of this ordinance is to repeal article 14 of chapter 110, which is medical marijuana dispensaries. And we…
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