This does not affect growing for personal use.īecause of prior language in Maine's medical marijuana legislation, medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation facilities had been allowed under Waldoboro's Land Use Ordinance since 2013. New applications for similar businesses will not be allowed unless the town of Waldoboro votes to allow them to operate. "It's up to the people ," Selectman Jann Minzy regarding a petition. He said it currently does not prevent petitioners from gaining enough signatures, if they so choose, to challenge the language and possibly have it go to a warrant vote and be approved. Resident Freeman Zausner, who previously said he was not opposed to medical marijuana, asked what control the town would have over the number of retail businesses and what exposure it would have if it did opt in.Īfter reviewing the language proposed for the moratorium, Zausner challenged the board to develop more precise language for any amendments to the Land Use Ordinance regarding the town's ability to limit such facilities.
13, 2018, LD 1539 went into effect, amending Maine's medical marijuana legislation, which now requires municipalities to opt in for any new medical marijuana businesses that come before them.Ĭurrent medical caregiver retail operations - Highbrow, Cider Hill and Herbal Solutions - are grandfathered, because they were approved by the Planning Board prior to Dec. Town Planner Max Johnstone had explained at the Jan.
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