COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Planning Commission gave the City Council a positive recommendation to adopt proposed Recreational Marijuana Establishment Ordinances during a nearly two hour meeting on Monday night.
Three amendments were added to the proposed ordinances. One was to support the allowance of Marijuana Retail establishments in the C-2 Central Business District following a recommendation from the Downtown Development Authority. There would also be 500 foot buffers from residents and schools and the retail establishments would have to be 1,000 feet from each other.
Other amendments would allow retail establishments only as an accessory to a colocation of Growing and/or Processing establishments in a D-2 Heavy Industrial District while retail and microbusinesses would be allowed in the C-4 General Business District with a 1,000 foot buffer between businesses and a 500 foot buffer from schools and residents.
While medical marihuana establishments were not permitted under the ordinances until late 2021, the Plan Commission felt the city staff should look into it further.
The City Council is expected to introduce the draft ordinances at their meeting next Monday with a vote taking place June 22.
If approved, the ordinances will go into effect 21 days after passage.
