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Council committee tables cannabis ordinance for more work; license increase held out
Summary
Taunton’s ordinance committee discussed updates to local cannabis rules to align with state Cannabis Control Commission guidance, but tabled final action and removed the proposed increase from 9 to 11 retail licenses for separate consideration while referring a social-equity scoring matrix and application language to the full council.
Taunton’s Committee on Ordinances and Enrolled Bills reviewed proposed edits to the city’s cannabis ordinance intended to align local rules with recent state Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) updates and to fix inconsistencies among the ordinance, license form and application.
Attorney Bond, representing the law department, told the committee he had tried to make the ordinance, the license and the application consistent and recommended that enforcement steps include notifying the CCC when the city believes an establishment is in violation so the state can exercise its licensing authority. He also warned that an…
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