The southern California city of Fountain Valley, which prohibits medical marijuana commercial activity, is not a big fan of the idea of commercial marijuana in its neighborhoods either.
The City Council voted on Tuesday, 4-0, with one member Mark McCurdy abstaining, to approve the first reading of an ordinance that will ban all commercial marijuana activity in shops and delivery services, as well as outdoor cultivation.
There needs to be one more vote at a later meeting to affirm the ban so that it can take effect.
Fountain Valley’s attorney Colin Burns commented, “Since we anticipate other cities in Orange County are actually going to allow commercialization, it might be a prudent approach for the council to take a step back and see what happens in the other cities first by issuing a ban now. And then if it works out in the other cities and people are happy with it, and there’s no secondary impacts and the industry is running up to par, you can always lift your ban later on.”
Councilwoman Cheryl Brothers stated, “[A ban] can be lifted more easily than it can be implemented, especially if we have a number of licenses already issued,” she said.
