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Residents urge Mount Clemens commissioners to block proposed marijuana-related use at 142 Northbound

Mount Clemens City Commission · May 29, 2024
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Summary

Several residents told the Mount Clemens City Commission they oppose rezoning and permitting tied to 142 Northbound, calling it a potential ‘grow operation,’ and asked the commission to review procedural steps and consider recusals; city staff clarified that grow operations are not allowed and that second readings appear on the consent agenda.

Several Mount Clemens residents used the public-comment period to urge the City Commission to halt a zoning/permitting path they said would allow a marijuana-related operation at 142 Northbound.

“I'm not going to listen to the voices of the people in this community being moved off general business to the consent agenda,” Ruthie Stevenson said, identifying herself and her address, and criticizing the commission for what she described as sidelining public input on the item. “If they're going to put a grow operation in her community … her community would be raising a whole bunch of hell.”

Faye Van, who said she lives at the…

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