Chino acts to prohibit marijuana business

Facing a state deadline of March 1, the Chino planning commission voted 7-0 Monday to recommend the City of Chino adopt an ordinance to prohibit cultivation, delivery or dispensing of marijuana within the city limits.

Cities that do not adopt their own regulations by the deadline will be subject to regulation by the state under the recently signed Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, senior planner Michael Hitz told the commission. The state will permit the marijuana activities that the ordinance would ban, he said.

If adopted by the city council, the ordinance would amend the city’s vehicles code to prohibit delivery of marijuana within the city. It would amend the zoning code to prohibit marijuana dispensaries or farms. The council is expected to consider the ordinance at its Jan. 5 meeting.

The new state marijuana regulations were created by three bills passed during the 2015 legislative session: AS 243,...

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