CITY TO REQUIRE HYDROPONIC, USED GOODS BUSINESSES TO KEEP TRACK OF CUSTOMERS

ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford wants businesses who sell hydroponics
supplies and used goods -- especially guns or equipment used in marijuana
growing operations -- to pass their customer information on to local police.

That was one of three resolutions city council approved this week to send
to the next annual gathering of the Lower Mainland Municipal Association,
held May 11-13.

The council debated four resolutions, but combined two of them related to
growing-operation equipment.

That resolution calls for an amendment to the Community Charter and a
request to the provincial government to require "all businesses retailing
or wholesaling equipment and supplies that are associated with marijuana
grow operations . . . to keep track of their customers and notify the chief
constable that has jurisdiction in the local government."