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Planning commission resists adding cannabis cultivation and processing to city code
Summary
In a work session, North Bend staff proposed a text amendment to allow marijuana cultivation and processing in heavy industrial zones under conditional use; commissioners expressed concern about permitting cultivation/processing and generally favored leaving the existing code unchanged.
North Bend planning staff presented a draft zoning text amendment during a Nov. 17 work session that would allow marijuana cultivation and processing in the heavy industrial zone by conditional use review and add standards for odor control, security, waste management and separation from sensitive uses.
City planner Palak Pande told the commission the draft was prepared after city council asked staff to explore whether the city could receive additional state shared marijuana tax revenue by permitting cultivation or processing. “The amendment that I have presented in the staff report would allow cultivation and processing facilities in…
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