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Newshawk: Dale Gieringer www.canorml.org
Pubdate: Tue, 1 Sep 2009
Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
Copyright: 2009 Bay Area News Group
Contact:
Website: http://www.contracostatimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/96
Author: Elisabeth Nardi, Contra Costa Times
Cited: Walnut Creek City Council http://www.walnut-creek.org/citygov/city_council/default.asp
Referenced: The Attorney General's guidelines http://drugsense.org/url/kKMJR2lu
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/dispensaries
WALNUT CREEK TRYING TO SHUT DOWN MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVE
As a medical marijuana debate swirls in Walnut Creek, leaders of the
city's first dispensary - apparently operating for the past few
months - refuse to shut down even as the city fines it hundreds of dollars.
The C3 Collective, a nonprofit private medical marijuana collective
based in Walnut Creek, can be fined $500 per day for violating the
city's zoning code, according to city officials. The violation: The
collective, which the city would consider a pharmacy, is in an area
zoned for office and residential, said City Attorney Paul Valle-Riestra.
The city's code enforcement officer checks to see if C3 is still
open. The city has cited the business three times. The fines started
at $100, then went to $250 and have peaked at $500 per citation.
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
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