The Gibsons planning and development committee has voted to put an application to build a cannabis production facility on Venture Way on hold for now. The owners of 1037 Venture Way, a lot currently being used to store shipping containers, want to establish a Health Canada licensed facility.
The Town’s zoning bylaws list cannabis production or sale as a prohibited use in all zones, which means anyone wanting to set up as a grower or retailer needs to apply for a spot zoning. The Town is also working on a cannabis policy, which is still at the draft stage, and the draft suggests the property on Venture Way is in the area where spot zoning for cannabis production could be considered.
Mayor Bill Beamish said he had concerns about moving the application forward while the policy is still in the draft stage. “We’ve already done that in the past and we’ve ended up perhaps with a mistake in the community, moving ahead of the policy… My view is we should complete the policy before we start implementing it,” he said.
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