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Anchorage officials will mark off the minimum 500 feet between schools and pot shops by using walking distances, not a straight line, the Anchorage Assembly decided in a unanimous vote Tuesday night.
The decision means more potential properties will be available for pot businesses in Anchorage. The Assembly’s vote, a reversal from two weeks earlier, effectively loosens restrictions on where businesses will be allowed to open by in some cases shrinking the off-limits zone around schools and other restricted places.
hat won’t apply to Chugiak and Eagle River, where pot shops will need to be at least 1,000 feet away, measured by pedestrian walking distance.
The Assembly had passed conflicting rules on the measurement method at its Feb. 9 meeting. One amendment specifically set the “as the crow flies” straight-line measurement method as the standard, but another referred to the walking route method, which can be more circuitous.
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