Eureka City Officials Looking to Create Guidelines for Medical Marijuana
The Eureka City Council will be deciding Tuesday, January 5, 2010, whether to impose a 45-day temporary moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries, as city council members work on creating regulations on the dispensaries. The Eureka Times-Standard recently reported that following the footsteps of the City of Arcata, other jurisdictions are hoping to create guidelines to regulate medical marijuana distribution through land use codes.
City Councilman Jeff Leonard told the Times-Standard that those participating regarding regulations agree that there need to be uniform guidelines. Mr. Leonard stated that the 45-day temporary moratorium is to ensure that people don’t rush to establish dispensaries before the regulations are created. Such an urgency ordinance requires a 4/5 vote of the City Council.
Arcata’s guidelines adopted in November 2008 provided that the qualified patient must live in the home where the medical marijuana is being grown. In addition, a use permit is required to grow medical marijuana within Arcata city limits.
Councilman Leonard concluded that Arcata’s ordinance is a good example of how to handle the issue from a standpoint other than that of law enforcement.
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