With all the uncertainty surrounding state and federal medical marijuana laws, the Hamilton City Council is considering a temporary ban of new medical marijuana shops within the city limits.

At the council's Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday night, council members instructed city attorney Karen Mahar to draft an interim zoning ordinance that would prohibit the city from issuing business licenses to new marijuana dispensaries for six months.

At Tuesday's meeting, Mahar brought the committee a draft ordinance she and special projects manager Dennis Stranger have worked on since late September.

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