Scottsdale Planning Commission recommends renewal for GreenSky dispensary and drops five‑year review

The Scottsdale Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a renewal and an amendment to eliminate a five‑year renewal requirement for the GreenSky Patient Center of Scottsdale’s conditional use permit for a marijuana dispensary, after a staff presentation and commissioner questions. The motion passed on a roll call vote with Commissioner Gonzalez voting no and the remaining commissioners voting yes.

City planning staff presented the request as a renewal of an existing conditional use permit and an amendment to remove a prior stipulation requiring a five‑year timing for mandatory review. Brian Clough of the City’s planning department said there are no site or floor‑plan changes proposed; the facility occupies a suite in an existing office building at the northeast corner of the Air Park area at Butheros and 70 Third Street…