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Edgewater staff says medical marijuana card could prompt citation waiver; payment rules explained
Summary
City code staff and an officer told the magistrate the city seeks compliance rather than punishment, explained that unpaid citations go to the clerk of court after 30–45 days, and said a valid medical marijuana registry card presented to city staff could lead to a waiver or further reduction.
City code staff told the magistrate the local goal in cannabis citations is compliance and that administrative processes allow the city to consider waiving a municipal citation if a respondent obtains and presents a medical marijuana registry card. Myron San Miguel, the city's code supervisor, explained the typical administrative timeline: payments for citations are generally due immediately and unpaid tickets are forwarded to the clerk of court after about 30–45 days, which can affect a driver's record.
Myron San Miguel said, "If you do get a medical marijuana card and bring it in, then the city can look at waiving the citation on our own outside of the order that you placed." Officer Joshua Fager framed the reduced fine as an alternative to criminal prosecution and emphasized the city's interest in lawful compliance: "We want compliance. We wanna know that if he's gonna be using cannabis, that he does so lawfully in the future after this." The city advised that any further administrative waivers would be processed by code enforcement after the magistrate's decision.
