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Planning commission recommends Arbor Pointe PUD change to allow single cannabis retailer; moves to city council

5714072 · September 3, 2025
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The Inver Grove Heights Planning Commission voted 7-2 on Sept. 3, 2025 to recommend amending the Arbor Pointe planned unit development to allow a state‑licensed cannabis retail dispensary at 9082 Buchanan Trail.

The Inver Grove Heights Planning Commission voted 7-2 on Sept. 3, 2025 to recommend amending the Arbor Pointe planned unit development (PUD) to allow a state‑licensed cannabis retail dispensary at 9082 Buchanan Trail. The commission’s recommendation is advisory; the proposal is scheduled for consideration by the Inver Grove Heights City Council on Sept. 22, 2025.

The amendment would add cannabis retail as a permitted use in the community shopping center development district portion of the Arbor Pointe PUD. Planning staff said the specific tenant space proposed would meet the city’s local buffer requirements, leaving the site more than 1,000 feet from the closest middle school and, because of the buffers, functionally limiting the area to a single dispensary location within the red‑outlined district shown in staff materials.

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