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Cannabis division outlines plan to consolidate licensing ordinances, recommends parallel zoning work
Summary
Cannabis Division Director Drew Plavati briefed the board on aligning county cannabis licensing with standard land-use permits, recommended consolidating and clarifying cannabis ordinances now while reserving zoning-location decisions for the broader chapter 17 update, and briefed supervisors on overlay-zone and program-enrollment concepts.
Drew Plavati, director of Trinity County’s Cannabis Division, told the Board of Supervisors on June 4 that the county should consolidate and clarify its existing cannabis licensing ordinances now, while leaving the question of where cannabis uses are allowed (rezoning and general plan redesignations) to the broader zoning code update process.
Plavati said 91 percent of public comments received during the general plan process related to cannabis, mostly requests to redesignate or rezone parcels. He described two technical tracks: 1) consolidating terminology and requirements in the county’s cannabis ordinances so licensing and enforcement are consistent across permit holders; and 2)…
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