POT DISPENSARIES - ILLEGAL IN HOLLY TOWNSHIP

New Medical Marijuana Ordinance Sent to Planning Commission to Review or Revise

Holly Twp. - Medical marijuana dispensaries are defined as illegal in
the ordinance the Holly Township Board of Trustees sent to the
planning commission for review, or amendment.

According to Clerk Karin Winchester, the planning commission will
hold a public hearing and review the ordinance proposal in June. It
will either amend or approve the ordinance and then send it back to
the township board to vote on.

Once the board votes to approve the ordinance, the changes would take
effect seven days after it is officially published, Winchester said.

The ordinance was designed to be simple, and compliant with the
statewide laws. It defines important terms related to medical
marijuana. It also limits the number of people who can grow and sell
medicinal marijuana to one per household, or a married couple, and
allows operations within the medical marijuana law of 2008.

The ordinance does not allow medical marijuana dispensaries inside
the township with the exception of the village. "That's really the
only regulation," said Supervisor Jesse Lambert.

"The law doesn't allow for them," said Winchester. "I feel that (the
ordinance) is really well balanced and that we're honoring the voters' rights."

Should future court cases define dispensaries as being legal, the
ordinance would be changed to allow them, she said.

Laws concerning medical marijuana are new and just beginning to take
shape, said Lambert and Winchester. "We're still in the infancy
stages," said Lambert. States like Colorado and California can give
clues to what should, and should not be done in an ordinance
concerning medical marijuana, he added.