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Otter Tail County denies proposed Pelican Rapids cannabis shop due to park buffer
Summary
The Otter Tail County Board denied a retail cannabis registration for Elevated Dispensaries, finding the proposed site fell within the county’s 500‑foot buffer of a park “regularly used by minors,” a determination reinforced by a letter from Pelican Rapids’ mayor.
The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners voted on Oct. 28 to deny a retail cannabis registration for Elevated Dispensaries at 42nd Street Northwest in Pelican Rapids after concluding the location lies inside the county’s 500‑foot buffer measured from Veterans Memorial River Park, which the board found to be a park “regularly used by minors.”
Land and Resource Director Chris LeClaire read a letter from Pelican Rapids Mayor Brent E. Frasier pointing to park use by children and quoting prior applicant remarks, including an excerpt stating “any reasonable adult seeing kids playing on a cannon would ask them to…
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