Pot moratorium starts, extended

 

January 2, 2020



Whitman County Commissioners put a six-month moratorium on new marijuana businesses in the county in March, then extended it another six months in September.

In a series of standing-room only meetings, commissioners Art Swannack, Michael Largent and Dean Kinzer took in public comment and ultimately sent the matter to the planning commission, to draft a possible ordinance to regulate existing operations – including retail, growing and/or processing.

The planning commission started their work soon after the initial moratorium and continued this fall, as the ban was extended to allow the group to complete its work.

At the public hearing in September, commissioners took building criticism, in part stemming from the summer when the county deemed a request as legitimate by Selway Holdings, LLC – a proposed grow operation outside Pullman – that they had a “vested interest” to grow marijuana before the moratorium went into effect in March. Selway had a permit from the county for what is known as an I-502 fence since November 2018.

The overall matter, which led to the original moratorium, began when Selway Holdings requested in February for 3.5 acres of their land southwest of Pullman be re-zoned from agriculture to limited light industrial, which would allow plans for a facility to process marijuana. Selway eventually dropped the request.

 

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