Friday, April 19, 2013
The Public Safety subcommittee raised questions about how to oversee dispensaries.
A Town Council subcommittee will seek to delay allowing a medical marijuana facility from coming to town for over a year so details of how they would be regulated and overseen can be worked out. On Tuesday night, the Public Safety subcommittee voted unanimously to recommend that the full Council approve a temporary moratorium on zoning for medical marijuana treatment centers. If approved the moratorium could delay the changes to the zoning laws until as late as June 30, 2014. Right now, such a facility does not fit Watertown's zoning ordinances, said Steve Magoon, director of Economic Development and Planning. "I would say they are not allowed. It is not in the list of uses in our zoning ordinances," Magoon said. The town cannot …
Friday, March 15, 2013
Attorney General Martha Coakley ruled this week that a Wakefield zoning law baring marijuana facilities is not legal.
Following the Attorney General's ruling that towns cannot ban medical marijuana dispensaries from setting up in their borders, Watertown officials will look at how to handle the matter. Town Council President Mark Sideris said the council's Public Safety subcommittee will soon begin looking at their options. "We will schedule a meeting at the beginning of April with the police chief, the planning director and town attorney," Sideris said. "We need to see if we need to have a moratorium (on the marijuana dispensaries), and zone a proper place for it." This week, State Attorney General Martha Coakley's office determined that Wakefield's zoning ban such facilities conflicts with state law. “The AG ruled that the outright ban conflicted …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Town Council President Mark Sideris opposes having a marijuana facility in town, what do you think?
With the passage of Question 3, facilities can open in Massachusetts to distribute marijuana for medical purposes but not everyone wants to one in their town. The ballot question was approved by 63 percent of Massachusetts voters, and 69 percent of Watertown voters backed the question in the Nov. 6 election. The law is slated to take effect Jan. 1, and allows people with certain medical conditions to get up to a 60-day supply of marijuana. The ballot measure limits the number of “medical marijuana treatment centers” that can open next year to 35. There must be at least one in each county, but no more than five. Watertown Town Council President Mark Sideris said last week that he does not want to see such a facility in Watertown. At …
Mara
11:49 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
Sure. It's a responsible, legitimate business. more ›