After about an hour’s worth of discussion, Board Chair Jim Comstock scheduled the discussion to continue at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13.
Supervisor Anthony Farrington brought the matter to the board, explaining that he was following up on statements he had made at a previous meeting about wanting to further discuss and clarify the abatement process.
In October, the board rescinded its medical marijuana dispensaries ordinance after it was challenged by a referendum, as Lake County News has reported.
County officials maintain that dispensaries are not a permitted use in the county’s zoning ordinance because they aren’t specifically allowed.
“It is clear to this day that they are not allowed by the zoning ordinance,” Community Development Director Rick Coel told the board Tuesday.
As a result, early last month the county sent out notices of violation to the 10 dispensaries operating in the unincorporated county, as well as to those facilities’ landlords, Coel said.
Coel said those “courtesy notices” are the first step in the abatement process.
The discussion on the matter started late, and in the midst of an agenda that would keep the board in session until nearly 8 p.m., supervisors decided to continue the matter for a week.
In the mean time, they directed Coel to delay – not suspend – the actions against the dispensaries in order to give themselves time to formulate direction for Coel on how to proceed.
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