Title 17 Cannabis Land Use Regulations

Testified in support of keeping faith-based organizations on the sensitive use list to ensure fair and equal treatment.

Expressed support for the proposed cannabis ordinance as drafted, highlighting the community services provided by churches.

Expressed opposition to relaxed cannabis buffers, arguing they threaten youth safety and contradict community protections.

Urged the council to keep faith-based organizations on the sensitive use list, noting their role in community outreach and youth programs.

Expressed support for the proposed cannabis ordinance and the 600-foot buffer.

Supported grandfather protections for existing operators and defended the rigor of the conditional use permit process.

Spoke on behalf of the Metro Chamber in support of streamlined cannabis rules but opposed adding churches as sensitive uses due to reduced siting options.

Argued against locating cannabis businesses near schools, parks, and churches, linking drugs to neighborhood violence.

Urged council members to protect children by keeping cannabis away from schools and neighborhoods.

Expressed concern that cannabis shops near parks and churches negatively affect youth and increase crime.

Asked the council to keep cannabis shops away from faith-based centers where youth counseling takes place.

Urged fair treatment for churches and requested protection from drug-related impacts in neighborhoods.

Stated that neighborhoods have worked hard to reduce drug crime and need buffer zones for churches.

Shared personal history with drug incarceration and argued that children should not be exposed to legal cannabis near parks and churches.

Supported modernizing Title 17 but opposed adding churches as sensitive uses, citing lack of evidence of negative impacts.

Asked the council to maintain dispensary-to-dispensary buffers to prevent market saturation and protect small businesses.

Supported keeping churches protected, sharing a personal experience of smoke and odor impacts near a church.

Supported keeping churches on the sensitive use list to protect people recovering from addiction.

Asked the council to keep faith-based organizations on the sensitive use list in solidarity with community pastors.

Asked the council to support including churches and faith-based organizations in the ordinance.

Argued for equal protection of all sensitive uses, including daycares, churches, and neighborhoods.

A 9-year-old resident asked the council not to locate cannabis businesses next to parks where children play.

Voiced opposition to putting cannabis establishments near youth centers and churches.

Spoke humorously about drugs already being in parks and expressed support for clubs.

Requested equal treatment for faith-based organizations in the cannabis ordinance.

Argued that churches should remain in buffer zones to protect families and low-income populations.