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Somerset City Council is set to take the first steps in navigating how to deal with new medical marijuana regulations in the commonwealth of Kentucky. But first, they have to get a recommendation from the city’s Planning and Zoning board.
The council’s agenda for a special-called meeting held Monday contained an item for the first reading of a zoning ordinance, but City Attorney John Adams said the council had to hold back until Planning and Zoning can make their recommendation.
“We can’t do zoning text legislation or zoning map legislation here, without first a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning board,” Adams said.
What officials are considering is to limit marijuana dispensaries to Business-1 or Business-2 areas, and prevent them from being within a certain number of feet – Adams suggested 1,000 feet – of schools, churches or recover facilities.
That last one was the main reason the city is looking at putting rules in place now, before any such businesses begin, Mayor Alan Keck explained.
“We want to make sure someone doesn’t end up getting a permit or a license from the state,
