Waltham to Further Study Temporary Medical Marijuana Ban

Under a proposed moratorium, Waltham would temporarily prohibit medical marijuana centers from opening in the city.

Waltham officials plan to further explore a proposed moratorium that would prohibit medical marijuana shops from opening until April 2014.  Councillors, during a Monday, April 8 public hearing at Waltham City Hall, reviewed the moratorium proposal that is intended to give city officials additional time to figure out where medical marijuana stores can be located. If approved, medical marijuana centers would be prohibited from opening until after April 2, 2014.  The Board of Survey & Planning also joined the hearing. Under state law, each county would have at least one medical marijuana center and a maximum of five. After some debate, the issue was referred to the Ordinance & Rules Committee. The Board of Survey & Planning will take up the …

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Proposed Medical Marijuana Moratorium to be Reviewed Tonight

Waltham officials have are seeking more time to finalize medical marijuana center regulations.

The public hearing for a proposed temporary moratorium on medical marijuana centers in Waltham will be held tonight, April 8, at 8 p.m. The hearing will be held at Waltham City Hall. and residents are welcome to attend and voice their opinion. City councillors are seeking the temporary to give them more time to review and possibly change zoning regulations that would govern where potential future medical marijuana centers could open.  In 2012, voters approved allowing medical marijuana centers to open in Massachusetts.   

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Waltham City Council Seeking Medical Marijuana Moratorium

A public hearing on the issue will be held on Monday, April 8.

Waltham city officials are seeking a temporary moratorium on medical marijuana stores opening in the city, according to City Councillor Ed Tarallo.  A public hearing will be held on Monday, April 8, at 8 p.m. at City Hall to review a proposed moratorium on the opening of any medical marijuana facilities, according to Tarallo. The proposal is intended to give city official time to review regulations for potential future medical marijuana centers, Tarallo said.  Technically, the proposal would be made through a zoning rules amendment. The moratorium would run until Waltham officials add a specific zoning use category to existing regulations.  “It does ban it for that time. It gives us an opportunity to study all the regulations, “ Tarallo …

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Waltham Reviewing Rules for Medical Marijuana Shops

Waltham officials are reviewing zoning regulations for potential medical marijuana dispensaries.

Waltham Reviewing Rules for Medical Marijuana Shops

Waltham officials are reviewing zoning regulations for potential medical marijuana dispensaries.

Waltham City Councillors have begun a review of city zoning regulations that could restrict where medical marijuana dispensaries could operate in the city. City Councillor Robert Logan, on Dec. 20 said that the city's Ordinance & Rules Committee had started discussing the issue during a recent meeting. The meeting comes after City Councillor Daniel Romard, during a Dec. 10 City Council meeting, asked the committee to start reviewing the regulations.  Romard, on Dec. 10, said he was concerned Waltham had not yet undertaken such a review. Saying Waltham would make an attractive location for potential dispensary operators, Romard said he wanted to review city rules to make sure pot stores could not operate near schools or other sensitive …

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TELL US: Would You Want a Marijuana Dispensary in Town?

The medical marijuana ballot initiative passed on Tuesday, which means up to 35 medical marijuana dispensaries can open in 2013. Would you be OK with having one in town?

Medical marijuana is coming to Massachusetts. The question is: where? The medical marijana ballot initiative that passed in Tuesdays election with 63 percent voter approval means that up to 35 medical marijuana dispensaries can open up in the state in 2013. The new law goes into effect January 1, but requires rules and regulations be set up by the Department of Public Health. Some towns and cities, such as Quincy, reportedly are already trying to line up regulations that would keep dispensaries out of their municipalities, which have proved troublesome in some of the nine states where medical marijuana dispensaries have been legal. What do you think? Is this a classic case of NIMBY (fine, but Not In My Back Yard)? Or do medical marijuana …

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