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Residents urge council to revisit Clearview’s 10,000-foot cannabis buffer
Summary
Multiple Clearview residents told the Snohomish County Council the 2023 zoning change creating a 10,000-foot buffer stranded a long-running cannabis retailer and urged the council to sponsor an amendment to reduce the buffer to 2,500 (or 5,000) feet; commenters cited lost tax revenue and jobs and asked for transparency about the rule change.
Several Clearview residents used the public-comment period at Wednesday’s Snohomish County Council meeting to urge the council to revisit a 2023 zoning change that created a 10,000-foot buffer for cannabis retailers in a rural zone.
Patrick Ann, a local business owner who identified himself as owner of "Hangar 420," said the site had operated legally as a cannabis retail store for about 10 years but was left "stranded" after a tenant change because…
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