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Calgary planners hope to draft bylaw amendments regulating medical marijuana counselling services by the end of the year in advance of a looming Supreme Court decision that could trigger similar businesses to proliferate across the city.
Councillors Diane Colley-Urquhart and Gian-Carlo Carra introduced a motion earlier this year asking administration to develop new rules to prevent such businesses from clustering in neighbourhoods and keep them away from schools.
Calgary’s existing business use and land-use bylaws don’t have a category to regulate medical marijuana counselling outfits — a service traditionally provided by doctors.
“We’re asking council to give us the authorization to go ahead and create this new definition, marijuana counselling, and then find out what the appropriate land-use districts are that it should be located in, and what the rules should be for it,” said city planner Laurie Kimber.
“We do need to introduce some clarity on this use and...
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