KODIAK, Alaska — A group that advises the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on marijuana regulations has decided to allow commercial pot growing in some residential areas.
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The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the borough’s Marijuana Task Force met this week to discuss pot cultivation and approved a pathway for growers to begin operations on residential lots.
Growers would be able to conduct business with a conditional use permit on residential lots more than 20,000 square feet. Business owners could also have a limited marijuana cultivation license for a growing area of 500 square feet or less on a residential lot.
Neighbors would be allowed to weigh in through a public hearing and comment process before businesses receive the conditional use permit.
The borough assembly will review the task force’s proposal.
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Information from: Kodiak (Alaska) Daily Mirror