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Haring Township Attorney To Prepare Marijuana Moratorium


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CADILLAC — The days of seeing marijuana dispensaries in Haring Township may be going up in smoke.


Haring Township board members approved a decision for Zirnhelt, Bowron and Wiggins, P.L.C. to prepare a marijuana moratorium for the township at a special meeting Monday at the township hall.


Earlier this month, the township board agreed to work with township attorney Corey Wiggins in the drafting of an updated version of its 2011 marijuana moratorium.


In 2011, the township voted to impose a moratorium on the use of any land and the issuance of any permits, licenses and approvals related to the medical marijuana business within the township. The township adopted the ordinance although the planning commission recommended the “no action” alternative with regard to regulation related to the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. The planning commission noted numerous, diverse and possibly conflicting legal interpretations of the act and pending lawsuits regarding aspects of the act as a basis for its recommendation.


 

 


 


 


The moratorium was established to prevent future marijuana dispensaries from opening. However, it eventually expired.


 


http://www.cadillacnews.com/news_story/?story_id=1820785&year=2014&issue=20140819


 


 


 


Township board members voted 6-1 Monday afternoon to allow their attorney to prepare a new marijuana moratorium. Board member Anita Fagerman voted against the resolution for the marijuana moratorium, reiterating her previous argument that regulations should be determined by state and federal governments.


Following a Michigan Supreme Court decision that ruled medical marijuana dispensaries and clinics were illegal and after Wexford County Prosecuting Attorney Anthony Badovinac issued a "legal moratorium," dispensaries within the township have been required to stop selling marijuana.


The marijuana moratorium would give the township time to develop standards for regulating medical marijuana operations.


 



What you need to know:


At a special meeting Monday, Haring Township board members askedZirnhelt, Bowron & Wiggins, P.L.C to prepare a marijuana moratorium for the township.


 


Why this story is important to you:


A marijuana moratorium would give Haring Township time to develop standards for regulating medical marijuana operations.


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