After nearly five hours of public comment, the Brighton City Council Wednesday night voted overwhelmingly to continue to “opt-out” of Michigan’s recreational marijuana law, thus not allowing marijuana establishments of any type in the city.
Mayor Kris Tobbe told WHMI that the meeting went very well, with upwards of 200 attentive, and mostly respectful, people attending — and many voicing strong opinions one way or the other.
The vote to continue to not allow marijuana establishments in the city ultimately passed 6-1, with Councilmember Jon Emaus voting no. Among other things, Emaus wanted council to agree to consider — even if at a future date — the possibility of allowing commercial and industrial marijuana-related facilities. However he failed to garner any support for his proposal.
The Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act allows for the commercial growing, processing, transporting and distributing of medical marijuana, a license that allows the person or company to be a grower (which allows the growing of up to 1,500 plants in an area zoned industrial or agriculture), along with becoming a processor, secure transporter, provisioning center or safety compliance facility.
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