Residents urge council to prohibit marijuana dispensaries; ordinance 2025-11 first reading, public hearing set for March 10

MASON, Ohio — Three residents used the Feb. 10 public-comment period to urge the Mason City Council to ban medical and adult-use recreational marijuana dispensaries in the city and to press for clearer agenda language before the formal public hearing on zoning changes.

Christian Mays of Franklin, who identified himself as chairman of the Warren County Republican Party and Republican state central committeeman for Senate District 7, told the council that Ordinance 2025-11, as described on the meeting agenda, is “oblique” and does not explicitly indicate it addresses marijuana-related zoning. He asked council to commit publicly to voting down the ordinance’s current omnibus package, amend agenda descriptions to explicitly identify marijuana zoning items and bring separate pieces of…