SWARTZ CREEK CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE

SWARTZ CREEK, Michigan -- The Swartz Creek city council is slated to
vote on a proposed medical marijuana ordinance at its meeting tonight.

The ordinance used distances from the Liquor Control Code to regulate
where dispensaries and growing facilities can be located. Dispensaries
and growing facilities must not be within 500 feet of another growing
facility or dispensary, residential uses, any place the provides care
or instruction for child younger than 18 and any house of worship or
religious institution, according to the proposed ordinance.

The distance, according to the ordinance, would be measured by street
distance rather than radially.

However, they also must not be withing 1,000 feet radially of a school
or park, according to the ordinance.

The city has a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries and
growing facilities that is set to expire May 24. If passed, the
ordinance would go into effect as soon as the moratorium expires, said
City Manager Paul Bueche.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. tonight at the City Offices, 8083 Civic
Drive, in Swartz Creek.