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Madison Heights council reduces marijuana license caps and extends provisioning hours in unanimous second-readings
Summary
On second reading the council adopted ordinances to reduce the number of adult-use and medical marijuana facility licenses (retailers/processors reduced from 5 to 4; grower Class C reduced and other caps set) and to extend provisioning center hours from 8 a.m.–8 p.m. to 8 a.m.–10 p.m.; each ordinance passed on voice votes at the meeting.
The Madison Heights City Council adopted a package of ordinance amendments on second reading that change the permitted counts and hours for adult-use and medical marijuana facilities in the city.
Staff presented four ordinances on second reading. Ordinance 2210 reduces adult-use marijuana facility license counts: the number of adult-use retailers and processors issued in Madison Heights would decrease from five to four; the ordinance also limits transporters to one, safety-compliance facilities to four, and reduces grower class C licenses from 25 to eight. Staff recommended adoption on second reading and a council member moved to adopt; the motion carried by voice vote.
Ordinance 2211 applies parallel reductions to medical-marijuana facility licenses (retailer, processor and grower counts and related facility-type limits) and was adopted on second reading by voice vote.
Ordinances 2209 and 2212 extend hours of operation for adult-use and medical provisioning centers respectively from the prior 8 a.m.–8 p.m. window to 8 a.m.–10 p.m., a change staff said aligns local rules with regional practice within a roughly 10-mile radius. Both ordinances were moved, seconded and adopted on second reading by voice vote.
Council discussion was procedural and supportive; no recorded roll-call tallies appear in the transcript for these votes. The ordinances were included in the meeting record as adopted on second reading.
What it means: The changes will reduce the number of permitted facilities in several categories and extend retail hours, which could concentrate retail activity while aligning local hours to regional norms. Implementation details, including timing for license adjustments or administrative procedures for existing license-holders, were not specified in the meeting record.
Next steps: City staff will follow administrative processes to implement the ordinance changes; no amendments or budget actions were recorded at the meeting.
