Planning Commission

Remote

• Approved a Zoning Code Text Amendment to adopt regulations governing cannabis businesses. The commission considered two amendments to staff’s proposal, intended to make it easier for businesses to meet the criteria for a license.
  • One amendment reduced the amount of contiguous commercial space from 5 acres to 3 acres, which allows more businesses in smaller commercial nodes to qualify.
    • Adopted unanimously.
  • The other amendment was to reduce the minimum buffer zone around schools from 500 feet to 300 feet, with the reasoning of making it equivalent to the buffer zone required for alcohol licenses. Adopted by a vote of 5-4.
    • Aye: Baxley, Chowdhury, Conley, Olson, Wagner
    • Nay: Campbell, Jones, Thompson, Meyer
  • The regulations, as amended, were adopted by a vote of 8-1, with Thompson voting no.