Cannabis zoning advances in Oroville

Cannabis businesses hoping to operate in Oroville moved a step closer to legality last Thursday (Oct. 4), when the city’s Planning Commission passed a zoning ordinance for City Council approval.

On a 3-to-1 vote, with three members absent, the commission recommended allowing dispensaries to set up shop no closer than 1,000 feet from parks, schools, day care centers and churches—up from 600 feet in an earlier draft—and prohibiting any cannabis business except for dispensaries from displaying a commercial sign. Visit tinyurl.com/OrovilleCannabis to find the provisions.

The council has not yet set a date to consider the ordinance.