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Council deadlocks on ordinance to bar new medical‑marijuana treatment centers
Summary
On first reading the council considered an ordinance to redefine 'medical marijuana treatment centers' (MMTCs) to include cultivation, processing and dispensaries and to prohibit new MMTC uses citywide; after extended debate about water use, local land availability and state preemption, the first reading failed to pass.
The Zephyrhills City Council on Dec. 8 considered ordinance 1510‑25, which would update the city's land‑development code to mirror the state definition of medical‑marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs) — covering cultivation, processing, distribution and dispensaries — and remove those uses as permitted in city zoning. Todd Vandenberg, the city's planning director,…
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