
A regulation that requires prospective cannabis businesses to locate at least 300 feet away from homes and some businesses may be going away.
Would-be cannabis businesses are having trouble navigating the city’s location requirements.
Most recently, property owner and builder Rick Murphy has fielded a proposal for a cannabis cultivation operation in the AG Cash & Carry building at 101 N. Third St., which he owns.
The building is in an industrial zone, which allows cannabis cultivation, but it’s also in the Downtown Overlay District, which does not. Murphy has asked for three things: to change the Land Development Standards to eliminate most “protected” uses and hence, the...