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Woodland holds workshop on allowing retail marijuana in C‑2 zone; state setbacks likely to limit sites
Summary
Council held a public workshop on Ordinance 15‑84 to consider permitting retail marijuana sales in the Highway Commercial (C‑2) zone. City Attorney Emily Gillan said city code currently contains a prohibition; state licensing setbacks (1,000 feet from parks/schools) will exclude many sites near Horseshoe Lake Park. Council directed staff to draft code language and return with an ordinance for a future meeting.
Woodland’s City Council spent the Jan. 5 workshop discussing Ordinance 15‑84, a proposed change to allow retail marijuana sales as a permitted use in the city’s Highway Commercial (C‑2) zone. Mayor opened the discussion by noting a property owner had paid the required $2,500 application fee to ask that the city consider the change.
City Attorney Emily Gillan told the council they currently have a prohibition in code, not a moratorium, and explained the choices before them: keep the prohibition, remove it and permit retail sales in specified zones, or use a temporary moratorium if new issues arise. “A moratorium is a temporary land‑use measure … at this point in your code, you actually have a prohibition on it,” Gillan said, adding that the council can “absolutely take away that prohibition and…
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