Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
CALUMET Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw Schools is on record stating it wants the Calumet Village Council to retain the state-set default buffer zone of 1,000 feet between schools and marijuana businesses, said CLK Superintendent Christopher Davidson on Wednesday.
CLK Schools officials had submitted a request to the Village Council to consider maintaining the 1,000-foot buffer zone between the schools and any marijuana facility in the village.
“Our feeling is that both federal and state-level governments put those recommendations in place for a reason, whatever those are,” said Davidson, “but we also understand that the council has a responsibility to act in the best interest of the village, and so in the end, we understand that (state) law offers them the opportunity to reduce the recommended buffer zone to something that they feel is appropriate.”
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CALUMET Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw (CLK) Schools is on record stating it wants the Calumet Village Council to retain the state-set default buffer zone of 1,000 feet between schools and marijuana businesses, said CLK Superintendent Christopher Davidson on Wednesday.
CLK Schools officials had submitted a request to the Village Council to consider maintaining the 1,000-foot buffer zone between the schools and any marijuana facility in the village.
“Our feeling is that both federal and state-level governments put those recommendations in place for a reason, whatever those are,” said Davidson, “but we also understand that the council has a responsibility to act in the best interest of the village, and so in the end, we understand that (state) law offers them the opportunity to reduce the recommended buffer zone to something that they feel is appropriate.”