The City Council in Detroit voted this week to approve zoning changes in order to cap the number of medicinal marijuana facilities that can operate in the city.
The Council unanimously voted for the number to be 75 and there will be regulations on where they can be located.
This is the latest ordinance by Detroit officials to help stop the rapid increase of pot shops popping up in the city.
“The ordinance passed today strikes a good balance that benefits both those who want development in the medical marijuana industry and those who want to preserve the City’s pre-medical marijuana character,” said Detroit Corporation Counsel Lawrence Garcia.
“The zoning, it has more teeth in it now than it once did,” said Gregory Pawlowski, a city planning commissioner.
