Medical Marihuana Application Packet

The adopted zoning ordinance is available at this link. The adopted regulatory ordinance is available at this link. Minutes from the April 27, 2020 City Council meeting can be found at this link. The retailer application is currently closed at this time.

The zoning ordinance has been effective since May 18, 2018, but was further amended on April 27, 2020.

City Council adopted an ordinance to allow five (5) provisioning centers and one (1) safety compliance facility. Grow operations, secure transporters, and extraction facilities are not permitted.

Applications are currently closed at this time.

Yes, as of April 27, 2020 the City received and reviewed the first three (3) applications for provisioning centers. Those three (3) applicants (1921B Hilton, 2625 Hilton, and 1551 Academy) currently have State issued licenses and City issued Certificates of Occupancy. The two (2) latest applicants (642 E. 9 Mile, 925 E. Drayton) have received their respective Certificates of Occupancy and are finalizing their State issued licenses. The City received an application for a safety compliance facility (2321 Hilton) and the applicant is currently in the process of obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy. Any other provisioning center or safety compliance facility applications will be held in a queue.

If the first five (5) applications for provisioning centers and one (1) safety compliance facility received meet the required criteria, the City Clerk will keep record of other preliminary applications in case any of the initial five (5) applications for provisioning centers and one (1) safety compliance facility are incomplete or do not qualify. The applications that meet the requirements will then proceed for further planning and building review, including site plan review at the Planning Commission and building plan review in pursuit of a Certificate of Occupancy.

Applications are a nonrefundable $5,000 fee, which would be required annually if a State license is approved by the State.

M-1 (Limited Industrial), M-2 (General Industrial), OS (Office Service). A City zoning map can be found at this link 

A marihuana retailer, medical marihuana facility, provisioning center or safety compliance facility, shall not be allowed within 500 feet of an educational institution, nursery school, or child care center, or another medical marihuana facility provisioning center or safety compliance facility. The distance requirement in this paragraph shall not apply to a safety compliance facility. This distance requirement shall not apply to a marihuana retailer licensee that has a provisioning center license and is trying to co-locate at a single location. A map with zoning districts, 500 feet buffer distances, and provisioning centers applications in review can be found at this link. 

The existing two (2) medical marihuana facilities are able to continue to operate under their approved special land use application. However, if they wish to operate and secure an MMFLA license, they will need to follow the new City process.

The City cannot give advice regarding speculative purchasing of property to secure a MMFLA license.