New Castle County will require recreational marijuana dispensaries to keep one mile from existing retail marijuana stores, 1,000 ft from substance abuse treatment facilities and 1,000 ft from daycares, schools, churches and government buildings.
While these requirements are slightly more restrictive than state code, the ordinance is shaping up to be one of the least restrictive in the state.
"All we have left is where the retail areas can be, and we've tried to make them as protective of the public as we can," Councilwoman Janet Kilpatrick said, who co-sponsored the ordinance on behalf of the Land Use Committee.
While the ordinance is 15 times less restrictive than Sussex County's 3-mile buffer zone, Councilman Jea P. Street says he still can't get behind the concept of recreational marijuana as a whole.
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