PRESS RELEASE: Bandon Places Conditions on Medical Marijuana Facilities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Christopher Good, City Manager
541-347-2437, citymanager@ci.bandon.or.us
 
Bandon Places Conditions on Medical Marijuana Facilities
 
Bandon, OR – The Bandon City Council adopted an ordinance Tuesday to place a number of conditions on medical marijuana facilities within the city limits.
 
The facilities will only be permitted in General Commercial (C-2) or Light Industrial (LI) zones, and cannot be located within 1,500 linear feet of a school or Head Start facility. Each facility will require a Conditional Use Permit, which can be obtained by going before the Planning Commission. No medical marijuana production may occur onsite at a dispensary, and each facility must use an air filtration and ventilation system to confine objectionable odors. Anyone convicted of the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance once or more in the previous five years, or twice in a lifetime cannot be an operator or employee, or have a financial interest in a dispensary. The City Council also limited operating hours for medical marijuana facilities to any eight hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
 
Medical marijuana facilities may not feature a sign promoting or showing any product. Minimum parking requirements will be one space per 600 square feet of floor area, plus one space for every two employees.
 
The ordinance goes into effect just as the City Council’s moratorium on medical marijuana facilities expires.
 
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