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Oregon Marijuana: A Bump in the Road for Rural Residential Grows

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 08:45

Last week, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) ruled against a certain cross section of pot growers in the state. The Petitioners at issue wanted to grow medical marijuana on land covered by a “rural residential” zoning designation. When Jackson County adopted a zoning ordinance prohibiting such activity, the growers sued. Because LUBA sided with the County, medical marijuana grows in that jurisdiction will be limited to land zoned exclusively for farm (EFU), forest or industrial use. In that sense, the ruling is fairly narrow, although it could discourage prospective litigants in other counties on similar appeals.

As covered in the LUBA decision itself, the zoning change was consistent with Jackson County’s Comprehensive Plan and ORS 475B.500, which allows cities and counties to adopt “reasonable regulations on the operation of marijuana grow sites.” The Board found that a county keeping medical marijuana grows off rural residential...

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