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Westerville considers tightly limited dispensary ordinance; residents warn it amounts to a de facto ban
Summary
City staff presented an ordinance to allow medical and dual‑use retail dispensaries in limited commercial zones with a required special‑use permit, 500‑foot buffers from schools/daycares/parks/trails, a two‑dispensary cap and one‑mile spacing; residents and council debated hours and neighborhood impacts.
City planning staff outlined an ordinance rewrite intended to replace the current blanket prohibition on medical marijuana activity and permit retail dispensaries under strict conditions.
Staff said the draft would allow medical and dual‑use dispensaries but continue to prohibit cultivation and processing, limit locations to community, commercial and planned commercial zones, require a special‑use permit evaluated under 15 standards and impose a 500‑foot buffer from libraries, schools, day cares, churches, parks and trails. "The proposal allows for medical and dual use dispensaries, but will continue to prohibit cultivation and processing," staff said. The draft also caps…
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