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Resident urges Pine County to rethink marijuana siting, equal mitigation rules
Summary
Denise Weiss of Royalton Township used public forum to press the board to require industrial/commercial zoning for large marijuana operations and to apply mitigation rules equally across license sizes.
Denise Weiss of Royalton Township told the commissioners she is concerned about the county's treatment of marijuana businesses and urged the board to reconsider placement and mitigation requirements.
"It's marijuana," she repeated several times during her comments, saying rebranding the product as "cannabis" makes it sound less harmful. Weiss asked the board to place large-scale production in industrial or commercial zones and to ensure that mitigation rules apply evenly across operations regardless of size.
She described generational addiction and community effects: children removed from homes, jobs lost and increased costs to the system, and asked the board to "relook at that in the short term before licenses go out" so the county is not later accused of prejudice in licensing decisions.
The board acknowledged her comments and indicated the item could be revisited; no formal change to licensing policy occurred at the meeting.
