SOUTHWICK – The Planning Board is continuing to hold a moratorium on marijuana. During Tuesday night’s meeting, the board talked about dividing the issue into two parts; one concerning medical marijuana, and the other for recreational marijuana.
With the medical side of marijuana, there isn’t too much to change with most of the regulations already being in place. The Planning Board would still have to plan out aspects like cultivation and manufacturing.
The Planning Board discusses the moratorium for marijuana during their public hearing. (Photo by Greg Fitzpatrick)
Town Planner Alan Slissler said that recreational side will be a little more extensive.
“We have to address the growing of it, the selling of it,” said Slissler.
According to Slissler, the Planning Board is expecting to close the hearing on marijuana at their next meeting on April 18. That particular meeting will be when the board votes on approving the warrant article that town council will be drafting up.
The deadline to have warrant articles complete in preparation for the annual town meeting in May is on April 28.
