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Mount Clemens introduces ordinance limiting medical-marijuana caregiver operations to residences
Summary
Commissioners voted to introduce a medical-marijuana caregiver facility ordinance that would limit caregiver operations to residential districts, cap caregivers at two per residence and require principal-residence occupancy; the measure passed first reading amid resident concerns and one commissioner’s opposition.
The Mount Clemens City Commission on April 5 introduced and approved at first reading a medical-marijuana caregiver facility ordinance that would restrict caregiver operations to residential districts, allow no more than two caregivers per residence and require those caregivers to use the property as their principal residence.
City Manager Johnson told the commission the ordinance follows a moratorium imposed last November and reflects a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision allowing municipalities to regulate caregiver operations. “You’ll recall, that we passed a moratorium on the issuance of any permits… after learning that we could…
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