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April 30, 2014
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100 Mile House Wranglers 2013/14 season’s most valuable player Lane van de Wetering, right, took a shot from local midget skater Derek Popadinac, while Ian McKinnon, left, followed the play to the boards, during the local Junior B hockey club’s 2014/15 Spring Prospects Camp at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre on April 26. Read the story about the Spring Camp on page A15.
Medical pot hearing interesting Medical marijuana zone among ideas put forward by public Carole Rooney Free Press
The first of three public hearings being held in the South Cariboo on potential bylaw changes to accommodate the medical marijuana industry indicated overall support for the idea. While only about a dozen people turned out to the Lone Butte Community Hall on April 23, Cariboo Regional District (CRD) Area L Director Bruce Rattray says almost everyone at the hearing supported the general idea. “There was one couple that expressed a concern for the potential of having an industrial-style medical marijuana production facility established in a rural residential or recreation area.”
Those folks were from the Watch Margo Wagner and CRD develLake area, and didn’t think it would opment services manager Karen fit well into their community, he Moores joined him in discussing explains. various ideas and concerns with the From what he could gather, Rattray group. says the rest of the group Rattray explains that by was comprised entirely of the end of the meeting, supmembers of the Interlakes porters were leaning toward Economic Association. establishing a separate, “They were all in favour Medical Marijuana Zone for of this as an economic these commercial operations opportunity. So, their coninstead, rather than adding it cerns were mostly that the on to the existing HIZ. Bruce proposed bylaw amend“It’s probably a little bit Rattray ments were too restrictive unusual, but I understand in terms of where operathere are examples of going tions could go. this route in other areas.” “They didn’t like the idea of havOne fellow in attendance coming it only in a Heavy Industrial mented he had seen a suitable model Zone (HIZ), and thought it should in place in the Okanagan, he adds. be more flexible than that.” “It was a special zone apparently, He says CRD Area H Director and it had a fairly large minimum lot
size requirement and a substantial setback from property lines, which was what we were trying to get at with the [HIZ].” Noting this is an interesting idea, he says it would also result in every single property proposed for medical marijuana production having to go through the CRD’s rezoning application, public hearing and approval process. However, the final decision on any potential changes will consider more than just the results of all three local meetings, Rattray explains. “The South Cariboo has its own bylaw, but we are dealing with them all at the same time.... "We want to have a consistent approach throughout the regional district.” See related story on page A7.