Seligman council to hold public hearing on medical marijuana changes
July 24, 2019
Vinnie Roberts
At a special meeting of the Seligman City Council on Friday, July 12, the council discussed a draft amendment to change existing city ordinances regarding zoning related to acceptable types of facilities in the city’s agricultural district.
The proposed amendment redefines the acceptable types of facilities to include medical marijuana cultivation facilities, medical marijuana dispensaries, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturing facilities and medical marijuana testing facilities.
The proposed change directly adapts large portions of Missouri Amendment 2 of the into the city’s ordinances as a means of ensuring city legislation conforms, in no uncertain terms, with the law, according to Brian Nichols, Seligman City clerk.
Parts of the amendment related to the distance these facilities can be from certain public institutions, such as schools, churches and daycares, were directly adapted. Under this proposed change, medical marijuana-related facilities would have to maintain a distance of no less than 1,000 feet from those institutions. The change also adapts the portion of the state amendment that protects medical marijuana-related facilities from having to relocate as a result of a protected institution moving within the minimum distance after the facility is established.
Under the new version of the ordinance, medical marijuana-related facilities would all also have to conform to the city’s building, signage and parking regulations.
The change comes after the request of Gurmeet Josan, a businessman with land in Seligman’s agricultural district. According to Nichols, Josan plans to use that land to build a medical marijuana-related facility.
At a previous regular council meeting on July 8, Josan revealed he had the plans and funding in place to apply for a medical marijuana facility. In order to confidently invest these funds in this endeavor, Josan asked that something be put in the city’s ordinances that required the city to explicitly conform to the guidelines laid out in Amendment 2.
On July 12, the Seligman City Council voted to accept the proposed draft of this change to their ordinances. From there, the ordinance was taken to the city’s zoning and planning commission, who also elected to accept the draft with no changes.
Before the changes can officially be passed and formally adopted into the city’s ordinances, the city will hold a public hearing on the matter to discuss the proposed changes with the public. This meeting is scheduled for August 8 at 6 p.m. at Seligman City Hall. After this hearing is conducted and the public’s opinions are heard, the council will hold a final vote to adopt the proposal into law at the next meeting of the Seligman City Council on Monday, August 12.
For questions regarding the proposed changes to city ordinances or the August 8 public hearing, contact Seligman City Hall at (417) 662-3600.
Vinnie Roberts
At a special meeting of the Seligman City Council on Friday, July 12, the council discussed a draft amendment to change existing city ordinances regarding zoning related to acceptable types of facilities in the city’s agricultural district.
The proposed amendment redefines the acceptable types of facilities to include medical marijuana cultivation facilities, medical marijuana dispensaries, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturing facilities and medical marijuana testing facilities.
The proposed change directly adapts large portions of Missouri Amendment 2 of the into the city’s ordinances as a means of ensuring city legislation conforms, in no uncertain terms, with the law, according to Brian Nichols, Seligman City clerk.
Parts of the amendment related to the distance these facilities can be from certain public institutions, such as schools, churches and daycares, were directly adapted. Under this proposed change, medical marijuana-related facilities would have to maintain a distance of no less than 1,000 feet from those institutions. The change also adapts the portion of the state amendment that protects medical marijuana-related facilities from having to relocate as a result of a protected institution moving within the minimum distance after the facility is established.
Under the new version of the ordinance, medical marijuana-related facilities would all also have to conform to the city’s building, signage and parking regulations.
The change comes after the request of Gurmeet Josan, a businessman with land in Seligman’s agricultural district. According to Nichols, Josan plans to use that land to build a medical marijuana-related facility.
At a previous regular council meeting on July 8, Josan revealed he had the plans and funding in place to apply for a medical marijuana facility. In order to confidently invest these funds in this endeavor, Josan asked that something be put in the city’s ordinances that required the city to explicitly conform to the guidelines laid out in Amendment 2.
On July 12, the Seligman City Council voted to accept the proposed draft of this change to their ordinances. From there, the ordinance was taken to the city’s zoning and planning commission, who also elected to accept the draft with no changes.
Before the changes can officially be passed and formally adopted into the city’s ordinances, the city will hold a public hearing on the matter to discuss the proposed changes with the public. This meeting is scheduled for August 8 at 6 p.m. at Seligman City Hall. After this hearing is conducted and the public’s opinions are heard, the council will hold a final vote to adopt the proposal into law at the next meeting of the Seligman City Council on Monday, August 12.
For questions regarding the proposed changes to city ordinances or the August 8 public hearing, contact Seligman City Hall at (417) 662-3600.
