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Caroline County introduces zoning rules for cannabis facilities, schedules public hearings
Summary
Commissioners gave first reading to a bill that would regulate dispensaries, growers and processors — setting 500-foot setbacks from schools and other sensitive sites and designating commercial and industrial zones — and set public hearings for later this month and April.
Caroline County commissioners on March 11 gave first reading to a proposed ordinance that would regulate cannabis dispensaries, growers and processors, set location restrictions and establish definitions and permitting rules.
The measure, introduced as legislative bill 2025-001, would add a new section (proposed 175-48) to the county zoning code and amend existing subsections to add cannabis facilities to the county table of uses. The text presented on March 11 specifies that dispensaries would be allowed in the C-1 and C-2 commercial districts, while growers and processors would be located in the I-2 industrial district. The draft requires setbacks of 500 feet from schools and lists parks, libraries, day cares, playgrounds, civic centers and churches among other sensitive sites from…
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