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Mount Clemens commission approves first reading of zoning changes to allow medical marijuana facilities; residents urge safer locations
Summary
The Mount Clemens City Commission introduced and approved a first reading of zoning amendments clarifying where medical marijuana facilities may operate and set March 4, 2019, for the second reading. Residents at public comment urged the city to avoid placing a dispensary near churches and schools and raised safety and employment concerns.
The Mount Clemens City Commission on a voice and roll-call vote introduced and approved a first reading of amendments to the city’s zoning code to specify where medical marijuana facilities may locate, setting March 4, 2019, for a second reading and possible adoption. The changes would update sections 8.2(a), 9.2(a) and 9.3(a) to align permitted uses with City Ordinance No. 20.11, which the Planning Commission recommended 7–0.
Residents used the public comment period to press officials for careful siting of any dispensary. “Medical marijuana is more of a front, which will be obsolete and is a forerunner for recreational marijuana,” said Joe E.…
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