Monterey’s moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries received final approval by a 4-1 vote Tuesday, according to the Monterey County Herald.
The emergency ordinance set a 45-day moratorium and could be extended, Herald reporter Kevin Rowe writes.
The law needed a supermajority of four councilmembers to be enacted as an emergency measure. It received initial approval Jan. 19.
The issue arose with the opening of the medical marijuana dispensary MyCaregiver Inc. on Lighthouse Avenue in November.
City Attorney Deborah Mall and Assistant City Manager Fred Cohn, who served MyCaregiver with a cease-and-desist order, said the nature of the business was not fully disclosed when its business license was applied for. The original application listed MyCaregiver Inc. as a “Health care Cooperative/Individual & Family Services.”
Under the moratorium, any application by MyCaregiver for a license would not be processed until the moratorium expired, Cohn said.
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