Penticton pot must wait
Colin Dacre - Nov 16, 2018 - Biz Releases

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With Penticton’s new city council about to debate the proposed framework for retail cannabis, the municipality says storefront weed is still “several months away.”

While a report on retail cannabis will be presented to counsellors next week, there are still several more regulatory hoops through which Penticton needs to jump.

“If council supports the proposed framework, we will be in a position to initiate the regulatory process for the amendments to the zoning bylaw and changes to other bylaws and policies,” planning manager Blake Laven said in a news release.

“This work needs to occur before the city can consider the applications for storefronts referred to us by the province.”

The city says it has received four referrals for private retail dispensaries from the B.C. Cannabis and Liquor Distribution branch and one letter of interest for a government-owned store, “however, arrival of storefront locations is still several months away.”

During public consultation, the city has proposed banning pot shops from Front Street and the 100-300 blocks of Main Street in addition to using buffer and exclusion zones to limit where the stores can set up.

Nearby Summerland has finalized all its cannabis policy and will be hearing from a proponent for a retail cannabis store during its first meeting in December.

In the meantime, the Penticton is recommending marijuana consumers use www.bccannabisstores.com to acquire legal weed.


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