LAKEPORT, Calif. – The city of Lakeport is seeking residents interested in serving on a committee to craft guidelines governing medical marijuana grows.
On Feb. 5, the council held a hearing on a draft ordinance written by city staff that would have prohibited outdoor marijuana cultivation and required all marijuana growing to take place in outdoor accessory structures, as Lake County News has reported.
Following a public hearing on the proposal, the council decided that, rather than implementing the ordinance, it would send it back to a committee, whose membership was to be expanded to include community members.
The council decided that community members who sit on the committee should live in the Lakeport city limits.
Two city residents at that Feb. 5 meeting expressed immediate interest in serving and were added to the group.
However, at the council's meeting this past Tuesday, city Planning Services Manager Andrew Britton told the council that the city was still looking for people to sit on the marijuana cultivation committee.
Any city resident who is interested in being a committee member is invited to contact Britton at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St., telephone 707-263-5613, Extension 28, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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