MORATORIUM ISSUED ON MARIJUANA LOCATIONS

POMONA - Members of the City Council adopted an urgency ordinance
Monday night that sets a 45-day moratorium on the establishment of
medical marijuana dispensaries.

The 45-day moratorium will give city personnel time to do research on
such facilities, the report said.

Council members voted 6-to-1 in favor of the ordinance, but added a
condition that an existing facility in the 200 block of San Lorenzo
Street remain open while city staff members conduct their research.

Personnel in the city's planning division have had people asking
questions regarding the establishment of such facilities, according
to a city staff report.

At this time the city doesn't have regulations governing medical
marijuana dispensaries. The current facility opened in December.

The moratorium would expire on May 18 and can be extended for 10
months and 15 days if needed, the report said.