As part of its annual zoning code update, the council also declined to implement a proposed rule from Mayor Tim Keller’s administration to keep cannabis retailers from opening new shops within 1,000 feet of each other or “adult entertainment” or “adult retail” operations.
During an often-technical six-hour special meeting devoted solely to the city’s Integrated Development Ordinance, the council did approve some regulations to govern how the newly legalized recreational cannabis market can operate in the state’s largest city.
The rules were all wrapped into the annual IDO update bill, which the council passed on a 6-3 vote and included several non-cannabis related changes.
“Without our Administration’s timely action, Albuquerque’s cannabis implementation would have been a complete free for all.
But there was some concern about the council’s cannabis actions even within the membership.