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Committee clears code cleanup letting some medical dispensaries apply to convert to adult‑use retail, with grandfathering and buffer debate
Summary
The committee voted to send a planning-code amendment to the full Board that lets certain medical cannabis dispensaries apply to convert to adult‑use retail (subject to planning de‑partment change-of‑use procedures and neighborhood notification). Supervisors approved a Kim amendment to preserve grandfathering for some pending projects amid opposition over exemptions to the 600‑foot buffer rule.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on Jan. 7 advanced an ordinance cleaning up the planning code so some medical cannabis dispensaries (MCDs) that were approved before the 600‑foot adult‑use buffer can apply to convert to adult‑use cannabis retail.
Planning staff Michael Christiansen summarized the procedural history: the item was considered by the Small Business Commission, then the Planning Commission (which voted 5–1 to recommend approval), and now the committee. Christiansen and Office of Cannabis staff said the change does not eliminate neighborhood notification or outreach: change‑of‑use applications remain…
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