It’s been awhile since the city of Grass Valley has discussed cannabis dispensaries, but the process is inching forward. The city had been periodically holding ad-hoc committee meetings, and getting comments and recommendations from the public. City Manager Tim Kiser has now put those ideas and recommendations into a document…

Kiser says the consensus has been to allow dispensaries under certain conditions. Any facility open to the public could only be in a C-3 commercial zone, delivery-only dispensaries could be allowed in a light industrial, or M-1 zone, and setbacks would be required from residential land uses and schools. Kiser says the feeling is to limit the number of dispensaries to two…

More public comment is being taken by e-mail through April 15 at public@cityofgrassvalley.com. Due to coronavirus restrictions on public meetings, what will happen after that date is still to be determined.

–gf