The City of Westport City Council has scheduled a public hearing to take comments on the moratorium of the permitting of Medical Marijuana Collective Gardens and the licensing, permitting and operation of marijuana processing, marijuana producing, and marijuana retailing businesses inside the City of Westport.
The public hearing is scheduled for Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m.in City Council Chambers l at 506 N. Montesano St.
On March 10, Westport City Council members unanimously passed two “declared public emergency” ordinances that will extend the City’s moratorium on medical marijuana businesses, as well as on medical marijuana collective gardens, for another six months.
According to the documents, the emergency moratoriums are deemed necessary by the City Council in order to provide sufficient time to study the potential impacts of marijuana-related businesses and medical marijuana collective gardens, and then “…to develop appropriate zoning regulations.”
Public Emergency ordinances become effective immediately upon passage.
Ordinance 1553 imposes a moratorium on the location, licensing, permitting and operation of marijuana processing, marijuana producing, and marijuana retailing businesses within Westport City limits.
Ordinance 1554 imposes a moratorium on the licensing, regulation, location and permitting of medical marijuana collective gardens within Westport City limits.
