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Council amends cannabis retail ordinance to narrow local role to zoning confirmation; broader retail rules left to state
Summary
The Town Council amended its cannabis retail ordinance on Oct. 7 to limit the town’s role to confirming whether a proposed retail site is in a zoning district the town allows for cannabis retail (B or CI), while leaving licensing decisions to the state Cannabis Control Commission.
The Town Council considered amendments to its cannabis retail ordinance on Oct. 7, narrowing local review to whether a proposed retail site is located in a zone the town has designated as allowable rather than conducting a full local licensing review.
Town solicitor/attorney Al (transcript) — who presented the amendment — summarized the change as removing local special-use hearings and instead providing a simple zoning confirmation: when the state notifies the town that an applicant has sought a cannabis retail sales license, the building official checks whether the property is in a B or CI commercial zone; if so, the town notifies the state that the location is within a…
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