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Public hearing on draft cannabis rules draws neighbors seeking spacing, zoning and hours limits
Summary
At a Jan. 14 public hearing, residents urged the Cheektowaga Town Board to add distance buffers, zoning limits, hours caps and restrictions on lounges and drive-throughs to a draft local law regulating cannabis retail operations. Board members said they would consider wider setbacks and other amendments.
The Cheektowaga Town Board opened a public hearing Jan. 14, 2025, on a draft local law to regulate cannabis establishments and heard several residents urge stricter limits on where and how dispensaries and cannabis lounges may operate in town.
"One of them I noticed is, possibly add a paragraph in there or a sentence saying, no such cannabis use or dispensary should be 1,000 feet of another existing cannabis facility," resident Diane Benczkowski told the board. Benczkowski recommended zoning limits that would exclude dispensaries from residential zones and asked the board to add provisions for "showcases…
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