The Pittsburg City Council took little time Monday to green-light the city’s first cannabis manufacturing plant, in an industrial area once home to the U.S. Army’s Camp Stoneman.
The council approved the plant 4-1, with Vice Mayor Jelani Killings dissenting.
Stoneman Laboratories LLC plans to manufacture medical and recreational marijuana on the same parcel another cannabis business, Canyon Laboratories, was going to operate at before opting out. The building itself will be located in a different spot, however, at nearby 557 Clark Ave.
“This building is much more secure,” said Jordan Davis, assistant to the city manager, noting it was one of the original Camp Stoneman buildings of the 1940s. “The other building had aluminum walls and we were going to require quite a bit of additional infrastructure.”
Because the site was previously approved, however, it was already determined to be appropriate for such a business, according to the staff report.
Davis told council members the latest proposed plan incorporates all the previously recommended operational and security requirements, as well as measures the police department said were needed.
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