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Troutdale council adopts ordinance allowing marijuana facilities as conditionally permitted in commercial and industrial zones
Summary
The council voted unanimously Feb. 25 to amend Chapter 3 of the Troutdale Development Code to change marijuana facilities from not permitted to conditionally permitted in specified commercial and industrial zoning districts, updating the code after a ballot measure defeat. Council corrected ordinance findings during adoption.
The Troutdale City Council on Feb. 25 adopted an ordinance amending Chapter 3 of the city’s development code to allow marijuana facilities as conditionally permitted uses in designated general commercial, light industrial and general industrial zones.
City planning staff explained the text amendment was initiated by the city to align the code with voters’ rejection of Measure 26-248, which affected local licensing. Dakota Meyer, Associate Planner, presented the staff report and said the planning commission had recommended approval at a prior public hearing.
During the council discussion Paul Wilcox (a planning commission member speaking on his own behalf) asked staff and council to note two technical corrections in the ordinance language: restore the missing “c” in the state statute citation to read ORS 475C.950, and to clarify that previous action had banned “additional” recreational marijuana retailers. The council incorporated those clarifications as corrections to the ordinance findings during the motion to adopt.
Councilor White moved to adopt the ordinance with the two corrections; Councilor Andrews seconded. The council adopted the ordinance on a recorded roll call with all councilors present voting yes. The ordinance directs city staff to remove obsolete text from the municipal code and implement the conditional use process in the affected zoning districts.
