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Planning Related to Medical Marijuana

Background- The Arizona Medical Marijuana Initiative (Proposition 203) passed in November 2010. The Final Rules were released on March 28, 2011.

The ADHS rules implement the new amendment to Title 36, Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) by adding Chapter 28.1 Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. ARS 36-2806.01. The Act also allows Cities, towns and counties to enact reasonable zoning regulations that limit the use of land for registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivation facilities, and infusion facilities.

City of Prescott Approach- The City is utilizing the "Similar Use Interpretation" (Section 11.1.1) of the Land Development Code (LDC). This allows uses not specifically identified, but which may be reasonably interpreted as being functionally equivalent to one or more of the listed land uses in Table 2.3. LDC land uses are classified "based on common functional, products or physical characteristics" (Sec 11.1.1A). Dispensaries can then be equated to drug stores (pharmacies), a cultivation facility to agricultural production (Section 11.1.7), and an infusion facility to chemical manufacturing (Sec. 11.1.6E).

A Pre-Application Conference (PAC) is required for all medical marijuana facilities to determine appropriate zoning and compliance with City of Prescott development regulations. The PAC application may be found in the Community Development Documents.

The map below illustrates the required 500-foot separation distance from school property lines for the location of any Marijuana Dispensary, Cultivation Facility, and Infusion Facility land uses in accordance with the passage of Proposition 203. Locations of these land uses are prohibited by the statute within the area of the yellow circles on the map.

For More Information: Please contact George Worley Planning Manager or Tom Guice, Community Development Director, at 928.777.1207 should you have any questions.

Land Development Code

Zoning

Announcement

Revision to General Plan

The City of Prescott is proposing a change to the General Plan Land Use Map. You can find more information below on the proposed changes:

Please contact Ryan Smith at 928-777-1209 with any questions.

General Plan

Hard copies of the text and maps may be obtained at Prescott City Hall, 201 South Cortez Street. Questions regarding the content of this document may be directed to George Worley, Assistant Community Development Director at 777-1287.

Click on a map below to view a larger version. Please note that these maps are quite large.

2003 General Plan Circulation Map General Plan Regional Jurisdictions Map
2003 General Plan Circulation Map
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2003 General Plan Land Use Map
2003 General Plan Land Use Map
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