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Board adopts revisions to cannabis ordinance, creates merit‑based selection process for up to two dispensaries
Summary
After public hearings and Planning Commission recommendations, the Board adopted amendments allowing certain cannabis activities in industrial zones, a limited program for temporary cannabis events, and a competitive committee process to select up to two retail dispensaries in unincorporated Soda Springs and North San Juan; the Board struck proposed mandatory property‑tax conditions and declined to enact a voluntary cannabis exclusion combining district.
After several months of public outreach and four community meetings, planning staff presented a package of draft amendments to the county’s commercial cannabis regulations. The ordinance changes that the Board adopted include: allowing indoor cultivation, testing laboratories and both volatile and non‑volatile manufacturing in some M‑1 industrial zones (subject to zoning controls including odor control, setbacks and parking); authorizing temporary, one‑day cannabis events (up to eight per year, per property) in select rural centers such as North San Juan with setback limits; and creating a competitive, merit‑based selection process for a maximum of two retail…
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