Owner of marijuana dispensary set to appeal rejected license application

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Vancouver may soon be seeing fewer marijuana dispensaries, but not all owners are ready to accept their rejection notices.

The city recently issued new zoning and business licensing regulations for marijuana dispensaries. Earlier this year, 176 businesses applied for licences. Of those, 11 marijuana shops were approved to continue on to the second phase of the application process.

The large number of businesses that did not meet the new regulations has some owners planning to appeal the rejection of their applications.

Charles Varabioff, founder of the BC Pain Society, is one of them.

As the owner of two medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, he is in a unique situation following the city’s review of his shops.

“I’m one of the 11 who is approved for step two,” said Varibioff, when asked about his business licence application for his Broadway/Renfrew dispensary. “I’ve already filed  my development permit application...

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