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Although Costa Mesa voters in November overwhelmingly supported legalizing the retail sales and delivery of cannabis inside city limits, determining the details of how to implement Measure Q and its allowances and prohibitions is a complicated matter.
Just ask members of the city’s planning commission, who on Monday considered a draft ordinance establishing a framework by which business owners may seek permits to operate marijuana dispensaries in commercially zoned areas or set up delivery services.
It expands upon voter-approved Measure X, which allows for the manufacture, processing, distribution, testing and research and development of cannabis within a primarily industrial “green zone.” Cultivation of marijuana is still prohibited by law.
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Former Costa Mesa City Councilman John Stephens will return to public service after being appointed Tuesday to the Planning Commission.
Stephens left office in December following an unsuccessful reelection campaign in the city’s 1st Voting District.
Council members were tasked with filling four open seats on the seven-member commission, including Districts 1, 2 and 6 and one at-large position, from among 27 candidates.
Districted-seat appointees are first nominated by their district equivalent on the City Council and then voted on by the entire panel and appointed upon majority approval. The mayor is responsible for nominating a candidate for the at-large position, subject to the same approval process.