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Taunton council advances revised marijuana ordinance, adopts social equity policy
Summary
Attorney Bond presented a rewritten marijuana ordinance that increases retail licenses from nine to 11, requires applicants or the licensing authority to meet a 33‑point minimum on the council’s scoring matrix to receive a waiver, and transfers licensing to the municipal licensing commission on 01/01/2026. The council also adopted a CCC‑aligned social‑equity policy; a separate licensing‑process document was tabled for further refinement.
Taunton council committees on Tuesday advanced a rewritten marijuana ordinance and voted to adopt a social equity policy aligned with updated Cannabis Control Commission rules.
Attorney Bond, who drafted the revised ordinance, told the Committee on Ordinance and Enrolled Bills that the changes reflect previous council votes and new CCC regulations. "I was able to put together [the] marijuana ordinance based on the votes of the council from previous sessions," she said, describing the principal changes: raising retail licenses from nine to 11 and requiring the council or licensing authority to apply a scoring…
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