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Comments on: Moratoria redux: Rural residential blues and what to do http://cannabisandsocialpolicy.org/moratoria-redux-rural-residential-blues-and-what-to-do/ Academic, Policy and Industry Evolution Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Shawn DeNae: Washington Bud Co http://cannabisandsocialpolicy.org/moratoria-redux-rural-residential-blues-and-what-to-do/#comment-16752 Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:31:07 +0000 http://cannabisandsocialpolicy.org/?p=1665#comment-16752 It is clear after witnessing testimonies on 9/16, 9/29 and 10/1 that we need a cannabis task force to address concerns on all sides.

A majority of Sno Co residence voted for legal marijuana and are now living through the pains and uncertainties of the implementation.

Many have invested their life savings into Snohomish County R-5 properties with the hopes of creating a sustainable family business, while others moved to R-5 believing their neighborhood was residential in nature and are extremely concerned over safety and water quality.

Out of the 88 business located on R-5 or CRC property that applied for a state license to convert their property to a legal cannabis farm only 23 are actually in the process of obtaining their building or change of us permits via Sno Co Planning & Development. It came to light during testimony that some of the licensee applicants skipped the permit process all together and are moving forward with their plans to become licensed via the Liquor Control Board which is not requiring licensees to have compliant permits for their areas.

In the mean time, the recreational I-502 stores are nearly void of product while the unregulated medical marijuana businesses are asking to become licensed and regulated.

All this time and confusion is helping the under ground ‘black market’ to continue to provide the Western United States with quality Washington grown pot as they have been doing for DECADES. If you live in Sno Co, your neighbors are already growing pot, you just haven’t seen them.

It is time to not be afraid of this plant and move forward in a progressive and solution oriented manner to make this work for all.

]]> By: Rolling Green Farm http://cannabisandsocialpolicy.org/moratoria-redux-rural-residential-blues-and-what-to-do/#comment-16695 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:57:55 +0000 http://cannabisandsocialpolicy.org/?p=1665#comment-16695 Thank you CASP for helping to get the word out about this! Together with my husband, I am one of these “mom and pop” producer/processor applicants (Tier 2, less than 7,000 sq ft of plant canopy) who participated in the 2013 rule-making process. I was shocked to learn that the Snohomish County Council was considering the declaration of an “emergency” because of two community meetings attended by two Council Members and the complaints of a few neighbors of a 502 farm. We have a process for reviewing and changing zoning laws — a process that worked very well in 2013. The Snohomish County Ag Board, the Planning Commission, the County Council and dozens of local residents and business owners participated in this multi-month process. The Council has already referred new potential zoning regulations, (Motion-14-318), to the Planning Commission for review and public comment. The Council should let that process move forward and not interfere with so many people’s lives and livelihoods by suddenly declaring an “emergency” where none exists.

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