Pubdate: Mon, 27 Jul 2009
Source: Ventura County Star (CA)
Copyright: 2009 The E.W. Scripps Co.
Contact:  http://www.venturacountystar.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/479

COURT KEEPS WESTLAKE POT STORE SHUT

A judge Monday declined to issue a temporary restraining order against
the city of Westlake Village that could have allowed a marijuana
distribution facility to resume operating, an attorney said.

The shop, which opened in late May in a business park, suspended its
operations this month after the City Council said it violated a zoning
ordinance. The business, Amazing Healing Supply, filed a petition last
week in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeking to block the city
from interfering with it.

William Litvak, a Los Angeles attorney representing the city, said the
court declined to issue the order but could set a hearing on the
dispute in the next 45 to 90 days. An attorney for the store did not
respond to a phone call requesting comment.

On July 8, the city adopted a moratorium on marijuana distribution
shops after ordering the business to close. Amazing Healing Supply
contends it is a medical marijuana collective as defined by
Proposition 215, the ballot measure approved by California voters in
1996. 
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