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Resident accuses city of overturning Planning Commission decision linked to medical-marijuana rezoning; commission defends process
Summary
A Mount Clemens resident told the commission it overturned a Planning Commission denial to rezone a parcel that enabled a medical-marijuana provisioning-center application and said the city is subject to a lawsuit and restraining order; a commissioner said the commission acted within its authority.
During public participation a resident, George Kale of 180 Grand Ave., accused city officials of overturning a Planning Commission recommendation and enabling a rezoning that allowed a provisioning-center applicant to pursue medical-marijuana permits. Kale said he first raised the issue in April and returned to the commission to ask who in the administration made the decision to override the Planning Commission and that the city is now involved in litigation with a restraining order related to medical-marijuana permits.
Kale said he hoped the absent mayor would be present to…
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