Some tightening of enforcement of Nevada County’s three-year-old cannabis ordinance has been approved by the Board of Supervisors, after hearing a presentation from county staff. Code Enforcement Program Manager Jeff Merriman told the Board at its meeting on Tuesday that one of the more significant changes takes away a five-day grace period for illegal growers. He says the grace period has too often provided time for non-compliant cultivators to just move young plants to another area…

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Merriman also points out that no other counties in the region have a grace period. Another major update to the ordinance allows the county to impose a two-year probationary period for applicants and permit holders who have already defied it multiple times. That essentially removes them from the market…

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Another notable change in the ordinance will allow the county to also be able to appeal a decision from a hearing where applicants had challenged the county’s non-compliant declaration.