The Town of Innisfil will now have more say as to where potential medical marijuana production facilities can set up shop in the municipality.

Councillors approved the final town-wide provisions for Health Canada licensed medical marijuana production facilities in committee-of-the-whole Wednesday night, in a record vote of 7-2.

The vote was the culmination of approximately 300 staff hours in drafting the provisions, which featured countless public meetings and presentations to council since early 2014.

"Municipalities... throughout Canada have been considering policies on how to best locate these throughout their communities," Paul Pentikainen, municipal policy planner, said to councillors during a deputation near the beginning of Wednesday's regular meeting of council.

While municipalities cannot prohibit the issuance of a license from Health Canada, the federal body has indicated that all municipal and zoning bylaws will be respected. After committee's vote, the town's zoning bylaw will be amended to permit medical marijuana...