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Planning Commission permits HopeNet medical cannabis cooperative after broad neighborhood support
Summary
After extensive public testimony from patients, neighborhood groups and neighboring businesses, the Planning Commission approved operation of HopeNet (223 Ninth St.), finding it met proximity and operational criteria; commissioners declined discretionary review and attached standard health/compassion conditions.
The Planning Commission unanimously approved the mandatory discretionary review (MCD) for HopeNet, a medical cannabis cooperative at 223 Ninth Street, following broad public testimony praising the operation as a model compassion program.
Planning staff reported that HopeNet met code standards for medical cannabis dispensaries (distance from schools/parks, ventilation for any on‑site smoking, no alcohol sales and not on the same parcel as substance‑abuse services)…
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