Mount Kisco looks to regulate medical marijuana sites

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MOUNT KISCO - Shortly after New York’s first medical marijuana dispensaries started dispensing, one Westchester village began looking to place limits on where the new businesses are allowed to open their well-secured doors.

There is no dispensary planned for Mount Kisco, but Mayor J. Michael Cindrich said officials are looking to tweak the village zoning code and considering requiring a special permit for any applicants looking for a marijuana-related use.

“My opinion is that the use can be regulated, but it can’t be banned in its entirety,” he said.

This month, New York joined nearly half of all the states in allowing the growing and distribution of medical marijuana, but Cindrich said there are numerous questions over regulation and enforcement as it continues to be illegal on the federal level.

Marijuana dispensaries might face limits similar to those that bars do in the village, Cindrich said. To get a cabaret license from Mount...

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