The City of Danville is going to review the procedure for a business to get approved as a cannabis dispensary. Several members of the Public Services committee Tuesday said that the current ordinance about such dispensaries is not working.
The city made zoning restrictive so that cannabis dispensaries can only be opened along the Lynch Road corridor. But, two different dispensary plans now have been rejected or delayed because it was felt that there would be too many such businesses in a small area. There is already a dispensary operating on Lynch Road, and another is about to break ground.
The state has increased the number and locations for cannabis sites. Danville aldermen felt that the city has to change its regulations to keep pace.
Mayor Rickey Williams said one change could be for each marijuana request just be viewed as a special use permit instead of a change in the zoning for the area sought.
Recommendations for changes in the city procedures will be brought back to the council in the future.
