Pubdate: Fri, 13 Sep 2013
Source: Middletown Press, The (CT)
Copyright: 2013 The Middletown Press
Contact:  http://www.middletownpress.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/586

TOWN MULLS MARIJUANA DISPENSARY MORATORIUM

MONROE - Monroe planning and zoning officials are considering a 
moratorium on marijuana dispensaries as they figure out Connecticut's 
new state medical marijuana law.

Shelton and Ansonia have already imposed moratoriums to study how 
their zoning regulations fit in with the state law for marijuana 
dispensing facilities.

In Monroe, a proposal has been made to put a marijuana production 
facility at a vacant industrial building.

William Agresta, the planning and zoning administrator for Monroe, 
told the Connecticut Post that the town is sorting out the state law.

"What we are looking for is time to sort out the new state law on 
this and decide whether this is something we want to allow in Monroe, 
and if so, what the right zone for something like this is," Agresta said.

The state General Assembly's Regulation Review Committee approved 
regulations in August spelling out details of a licensing system for 
marijuana producers and dispensaries.

The proposal for Monroe was submitted by chiropractor Rod Deraney, 
who has experience growing medical marijuana in California.

The proposal calls for a medical marijuana growing facility in an 
industrial zone where a toy manufacturer used to operate a distribution center.
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