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Florence board denies variance request tied to Ordinance No. 414 after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing on a variance to Section 3.1 of Ordinance No. 414 (medical cannabis regulations), the Florence mayor and board voted to deny the requested variance following the zoning administrator's recommendation.
Mayor Gunn opened a public hearing June 2 to consider a variance from Section 3.1 of Ordinance No. 414, the city's medical cannabis regulations. Applicant Bryan Austin Minton of Country Boy Dispensary presented the request and Community Development Director Joel Sims delivered written findings for the record.
Following the presentations and no additional public testimony, the board voted on a motion, moved by Alderman Brian Grantham and seconded by Alderman Brent Sistrunk, to incorporate the City Zoning Administrator Joel Sims's recommendations into the minutes and use them as the basis to deny the variance. The motion carried with votes recorded as: Banks Aye, Grantham Aye, Herrin Absent, Martin Aye, Sistrunk Aye.
The vote leaves the current standards in Ordinance No. 414 unchanged. The ordinance cited in the hearing was referenced in the board's motion as "Ordinance No. 414 — An ordinance to provide reasonable regulations regarding medical cannabis activities in the City of Florence, County of Rankin, State of Mississippi."
