Summary:
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw to add a section 5.07 establishing a buffer zone for Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (“MMTC,” also known as Registered Marijuana Dispensaries “RMD”); prohibiting siting of such facilities within a radius of five hundred feet of a school, daycare center, or any facility in which children commonly congregate; the 500-foot distance under this section to be measured in a straight line from the nearest point of the facility in question to the nearest point of the proposed MMTC; and further defining for the purposes of this section a “facility in which children commonly congregate” to include: dance schools, gymnastic schools, technical schools, vocational schools, public and private K-12 schools, public libraries, facilities that offer tutoring or after school instruction, licensed daycare facilities (including private home daycare), pediatrics offices, parks that have play structures and athletic fields intended for use by children, accredited Headstart facilities, and commercial establishments that host children's parties; or take any action related thereto. | | | |