Pubdate: Wed, 27 Apr 2011
Source: Tri-County Times (Fenton, MI)
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POT DISPENSARIES - ILLEGAL IN HOLLY TOWNSHIP

New Medical Marijuana Ordinance Sent to Planning Commission to Review or Revise

Holly Twp. - Medical marijuana dispensaries are defined as illegal in 
the ordinance the Holly Township Board of Trustees sent to the 
planning commission for review, or amendment.

According to Clerk Karin Winchester, the planning commission will 
hold a public hearing and review the ordinance proposal in June. It 
will either amend or approve the ordinance and then send it back to 
the township board to vote on.

Once the board votes to approve the ordinance, the changes would take 
effect seven days after it is officially published, Winchester said.

The ordinance was designed to be simple, and compliant with the 
statewide laws. It defines important terms related to medical 
marijuana. It also limits the number of people who can grow and sell 
medicinal marijuana to one per household, or a married couple, and 
allows operations within the medical marijuana law of 2008.

The ordinance does not allow medical marijuana dispensaries inside 
the township with the exception of the village. "That's really the 
only regulation," said Supervisor Jesse Lambert.

"The law doesn't allow for them," said Winchester. "I feel that (the 
ordinance) is really well balanced and that we're honoring the voters' rights."

Should future court cases define dispensaries as being legal, the 
ordinance would be changed to allow them, she said.

Laws concerning medical marijuana are new and just beginning to take 
shape, said Lambert and Winchester. "We're still in the infancy 
stages," said Lambert. States like Colorado and California can give 
clues to what should, and should not be done in an ordinance 
concerning medical marijuana, he added.  
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