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Council approves zoning amendments to allow indoor cannabis cultivation and approves labor‑peace terms for municipal dispensary
Summary
Council approved ordinance 2025‑010 to add indoor cannabis cultivation as a conditional use in the B2 Highway Business District and as a permitted use in the Light Industrial District; applicants described sealed indoor operations, odor and waste controls, and modest production (estimated 300–600 lbs/year from a ~3,000 sq ft facility). The council also approved a labor‑peace agreement tied to the planned municipal dispensary.
City planning staff presented two requests to amend the City of Saint Joseph zoning ordinance so indoor cannabis cultivation would be allowed as a conditional use in the B2 Highway Business District (including 417 1st Avenue NE) and as a permitted use in the Light Industrial District.
Staff told the council the planning commission held a public hearing on Aug. 5 and recommended approval: the commission voted 3–1 to approve adding indoor greenhouse/cannabis cultivation as a conditional use in the B2 district and voted 4–0 to add cultivation as a permitted use in…
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