Pubdate: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 Source: Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) Copyright: 2011 Appeal-Democrat Contact: http://www.appeal-democrat.com/sections/services/forms/editorletter.php Website: http://www.appeal-democrat.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1343 Author: Ben Van Der Meer, Appeal-Democrat MARIJUANA COLLECTIVE REOPENS IN OLIVEHURST A medical marijuana collective in Olivehurst is open again, weeks after Yuba County shut it down for permit violations. The Garden Shop, at 5040 Olivehurst Avenue, reopened Tuesday at noon while an appeal of the permit violation is pending. Employees at the collective Tuesday would not give their names, but provided a copy of the appeal, which disputes the county's reasons for revoking the original permit. "The application was for retail use of the premises as a shop. There is no code section that requires a business owner to describe in detail every item that may be available for sale at the location. There was no misrepresentation," states the appeal, written by Sacramento attorney Jeffrey Kravitz. At the Yuba County Board of Supervisors meeting earlier Tuesday, Larry Koshman, who identified himself as a third-generation rice farmer in Pleasant Grove, asked supervisors to keep an open mind about his business. He said outside the meeting the collective would reopen. Koshman's Inc. is described as the store's lease holder in the appeal. The Garden Shop has growing supplies, which appear to be aimed at medical marijuana patients growing their own plants, as well as a small dispensary with scales and price boards for different strains of marijuana. Store officials said only collective members will be able to patronize the storefront, which shares the building with a liquor store. The front doors of The Garden Shop still show both notices of permit revocation by the county and the appeal written by Kravitz. Ads for the collective have run in the Appeal-Democrat and on local radio over the last few days. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.