FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP - A request to open a business to dispense medical marijuana near McDonald's restaurant on Airline Road caused Fruitport Township officials to implement at least a temporary halt to medical marijuana operations. Fruitport Township instituted a moratorium while further review a zoning ordinance to govern the growth and use of the drug. Like several other local municipalities, the township instituted a moratorium so officials could further review the state's two-year-old medical marijuana law and consider a local zoning ordinance to govern the growth and use of the drug. The township board approved a nine-month moratorium this week. [continues 295 words]
WEST MICHIGAN -- Zoning ordinances that regulate the use and growing of medical marijuana are beginning to pop up as local governments develop ways to regulate the 2-year-old state marijuana law. Laketon Township is believed to be the first government in Muskegon County to establish a medical marijuana ordinance, a recently approved measure that treats the drug's growth as a "home occupation" by primary caregivers and intends to ban commercial dispensaries. In the greater area, similar ordinances have previously been adopted in Grand Haven, Spring Lake Township and Grand Haven Township. [continues 694 words]
