If the county and the industry had not brazenly decided on cannabis regulations without listening to or responding to neighborhood concerns, cannabis applications would have moved much more quickly through the system.
Regardless, a discretionary process is required by state law and is the only way to address impacts on different parcels with different characteristics.
Ferraro, a cannabis industry representative, would like cannabis to be permitted in all water zones, though the Planning Commission recommended excluding water-scarce zones 3 and 4.
Their temporary nature likely refers to tearing off the heavy plastic every six months, though this is not described as required in the draft ordinance.
They do not always have to be “screened” either, only along public rights-of-way and then only with fencing that leaves the white tops gleaming in the sun.
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