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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Council didn’t want to change the rules part way through the process. And the Board can only deny based on the existing legislation which doesn’t appear to provide them grounds to deny. Even though the applicant agrees that he wouldn’t want a dispensary across the street from his kids school, but he didn’t realize there was a school next to the location he chose and he just chose it because it was available. The whole process is broken. [/quote]

I agree the process is broken. But the board can exercise discretion. The chair repeatedly said during the hearing that the focus is on whether it’s “appropriate” for the dispensary to be there even if the law says it can be. So there are ground for them to tell the dispensary to find another location.

And of course the business owner knows there’s a school across the street, and another school and a day care within half a block. He said he chose this location specifically after doing “research.” Of course he knew.

What’s infuriating is that there are plenty of other locations downtown that are vacant and aren’t in such close proximity to schools and a day care. [/quote]

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