Planning Commission recommends medical marijuana zoning

The county’s Planning Commission has recommended a medical marijuana zoning policy which will be heard by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors for adoption.

The Planning Commission’s 5-0 vote May 14, with Commissioners Michael Beck and Adam Day absent, restricts medical marijuana dispensaries to industrial-zoned areas and prohibits them from being within 500 feet of a residential area, 600 feet of a school, church, or public park, or 1,000 feet from another dispensary. A separate 4-1 vote, with Beck and Day absent and Leon Brooks in opposition, recommended that such facilities be

required...