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Stanton Council Offers One‑Time Catch‑Up for Cannabis Cultivators, Sets 8‑Week Deadline
Summary
After staff recommended denying further extensions for expired cannabis cultivation permits due to missed payments, the Stanton City Council voted 5–0 to allow a one‑time catch‑up (8 weeks) for applicants who appear before the council and bring past‑due fees current by May 31, 2025; staff will document the arrangement with an addendum.
Stanton — The City Council voted 5–0 March 25 to give commercial cannabis cultivation permittees a one‑time opportunity to catch up on overdue community benefit fees and reactivate their previously terminated extensions if they become current by May 31, 2025.
City staff had recommended denying any additional extensions, telling council that permittees had missed required payments and that the extension agreements had therefore terminated. Staff’s report noted that the council’s prior extension terms called for two 18‑month phases: the first at 50% of the cultivation community benefit fee and the second at 100%, based on proposed canopy square footage.
"Based on the lack of forward progress, the opportunity costs associated with the significant time and energy staff members from community development, finance, and administration have invested into this process," staff recommended…
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