Crescent City Councilors could see no reason to deny a conditional use permit for a cannabis cultivation operation proposed for the old Turf Club despite objections from a handful of residents about odor and the operation’s proximity to Beachfront Park.
Noting that Crescent Ocean Grown owner, Artashes Mamadjanyan, has promised to comply with the city’s commercial cannabis ordinance, Councilors said Tuesday the operation’s opponents should have spoken out when they were vetting and crafting those regulations.
“This wasn’t something that staff brought us and we rubber stamped,” Mayor Pro Tem Blake Inscore said. “It was over a two-year span that this was vetted in public meetings. I believe we vetted it as a Council at least four times. I don’t remember there being a single person that called this use out and said, ‘Don’t you dare allow this to be done in the city limits.’”
Councilors voted 3-1-1 in favor of granting Mamadjanyan a conditional use permit to operate Crescent Ocean Grown at 900 Front Street. Councilor Beau Smith dissented and Isaiah Wright was absent.
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