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Residents urge Snohomish County to restore smaller cannabis buffer after Clearview closure

Snohomish County Council · February 18, 2026
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Summary

Two residents told the Snohomish County Council the county’s 10,000-foot cannabis separation rule has closed a Clearview retail site and cost jobs and tax revenue; they urged staff to bring a code amendment restoring a 2,500-foot buffer or reasonable adjustment.

Two residents urged the Snohomish County Council on Feb. 18 to change how the county enforces separation rules that they say forced a Clearview retail location to close.

"My name is Patrick Gann," Gann told the council during the public-comment period. He said his Clearview retail store has been closed for 13 months under a 10,000-foot buffer rule that he said applies nowhere else in the county and that the closure has cost the county and…

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