NUNN — Nunn’s town board voted Saturday to make the town a little greener — in cash and crops.
In the first of three votes to revise the town’s rules on marijuana, the members voted 5-2 on an ordinance to overturn the town’s marijuana moratorium, which prohibited cultivation and retail sales. The board then voted 6-1 to ban retail sales, while allowing pot cultivation.
Mayor Tom Bender stressed at the meeting weed retail businesses or dispensaries will continue to be prohibited as long as the current board members remain in charge. “As long as this board stays the way it is, we will never sell marijuana here,” he said.
In the third vote, the board decided 6-1 to change the zoning to allow for an industrial growing district, as the town does not currently have a specific “grow zone” within its limits. The town already has agricultural zones, but marijuana does not fall under that category because a license is needed to produce it, Bender said.
The changes were made to accommodate a plan to open a 22,000-square-foot marijuana greenhouse.
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