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County Attorney's Report 11. 2.

BCC Regular Meeting

Action

Meeting Date:	07/07/2016
Issue: A Temporary Moratorium on Permitting Medical Marijuana Distribution Establishments
From:	Meredith Crawford
Department:	County Attorney's Office
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation Concerning Scheduling Two Public Hearings to Consider a Temporary Moratorium on Permitting Medical Marijuana Distribution Establishments

That the Board authorize the scheduling of the following Public Hearings for consideration of an ordinance placing a temporary moratorium on the permitting of Medical Marijuana Distribution Establishments so that County staff may analyze the impacts of medical marijuana distribution establishments on the County to evaluate potential Land Development Code, Comprehensive Plan, and/or Code of Ordinance amendments which may include, but are not limited to identification of appropriate locations for such land uses, if any, and determination of land use standards:

A. The first of two Public Hearings for Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at 5:38 p.m.; and

B. The second of two Public Hearings for Thursday, August 4, 2016, at 5:32 p.m.

BACKGROUND:

On June 16, 2016 the Board of County Commissioners directed Staff to prepare a temporary moratorium on the acceptance of applications for the processing of, and the issuance of development permits, site plan approvals or any other official action of Escambia County permitting or having the effect of permitting new medical marijuana distribution establishments which will allow time to review, study, hold public hearings, and prepare and adopt any necessary amendment or amendments to the Escambia County Land Development Code, Escambia County Comprehensive Plan, and/or the Escambia County Code of Ordinances to address this new and unique use.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

N/A

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

Assistant County Attorney, Meredith D. Crawford will draft the moratorium Ordinance. The Ordinance will be advertised in the July 09, 2016, and the July 23, 2016, editions of the Pensacola News Journal.

PERSONNEL:

N/A

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

N/A

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

N/A

Attachments
Draft Ordinance