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Proper Cannabis asks Warrenton board to study earlier hours and a 24‑hour drive‑thru; aldermen schedule workshop
Summary
Proper Cannabis asked the Warrenton City Board of Aldermen to consider a text amendment or conditional‑use process to allow earlier opening hours and a 24‑hour drive‑thru; board members raised traffic and policing concerns and agreed to schedule a workshop for further study.
David Boneberger, security and compliance director for Proper Cannabis (doing business as Proper Cannabis; parent company New Growth Horizon LLC), told the Warrenton City Board of Aldermen on May 19 that his business wants the board to consider a process to allow extended hours and, ultimately, the option of a 24‑hour drive‑thru.
"I would like to try to have a 24 hour drive through," Boneberger said, asking the board to consider a text amendment that would allow extended hours through conditional use permits or similar measures.
The request prompted questions from aldermen about safety, policing and local precedent. One alderman expressed concern that later hours could attract people leaving nearby nightlife and asked whether police resources and traffic patterns could handle after‑hours customers. Another asked whether the proposed change would open the door for other businesses to request 24‑hour operation and noted limits on police coverage.
Boneberger said Proper Cannabis’s internal market analysis shows a rise in sales during late‑evening hours — "about a 20% rise" between 10 p.m. and midnight on weekends, he said — and pointed to examples in larger Missouri jurisdictions where drive‑through or extended‑hours dispensaries operate. He emphasized the company’s security protocols and said he spent 25 years in St. Louis policing and supervising street operations.
Board members did not vote on a code change. Instead, the aldermen asked staff to schedule a workshop so Boneberger and the city can "do some homework" and return with data and options. The board asked city staff to publicize the workshop and notified the applicant that the board will set a public meeting date for further discussion.
Next steps: the city will set a workshop on the request, during which staff, public safety and the applicant will provide additional information on policing, traffic impacts and ordinance language options.
