Pubdate: Fri, 19 Jun 2009
Source: Californian, The (Escondido, CA)
Copyright: 2009 North County Times - Lee Enterprises
Contact:  http://www.nctimes.com/news/californian/
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MENIFEE: CITY PUTS HOLD ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOPS

MENIFEE ---- Noting President Barack Obama's stance that his 
administration would no longer enforce the federal ban on medical 
marijuana and marijuana dispensaries, the City Council on Tuesday 
voted to place a temporary moratorium on such shops until more 
research can be conducted.

The vote was unanimous.

"Let's smoke 'em out," Mayor Wallace Edgerton joked before the vote.

City Attorney Elizabeth Martyn said in an interview that Menifee, 
along with several other cities in the area, has received many 
requests about land-use regulations regarding the establishment of 
dispensaries recently in light of the president's stance.

The moratorium will last 45 days unless it is extended by the council.

In establishing the urgency ordinance to prohibit the shops, city 
documents state that "medical marijuana dispensaries may result in 
loitering, traffic congestion, parking problems, noise and other 
harmful secondary effects."
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