Ordinance change is a ‘no-grow’ regarding cannabis cultivation

Hot Springs City Council members vote down revisions, 6-2
  • In this photo from April 2023, Dakota Kind owner Forrest Fanning of Caputa poses behind the front counter of his medicinal marijuana dispensary in Hot Springs. Fanning recently asked the city to change its ordinances to allow him to open his own cannabis grow facility, which he said would help him to price his products more competitively compared to Rapid City. Despite getting initial support from the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission and Public Safety Committee, the revisions were shot down by council.
    In this photo from April 2023, Dakota Kind owner Forrest Fanning of Caputa poses behind the front counter of his medicinal marijuana dispensary in Hot Springs. Fanning recently asked the city to change its ordinances to allow him to open his own cannabis grow facility, which he said would help him to price his products more competitively compared to Rapid City. Despite getting initial support from the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission and Public Safety Committee, the revisions were shot down by council.
    HOT SPRINGS – Public outcry during a public hearing last week helped convince the Hot Springs City Council to shoot down some proposed changes to its ordinances which would have paved the way to expand the cannabis licenses available within the city limits.Going up in smoke at the Monday, Jan. 6, meeting were revisions to a zoning code that would have changed the word “dispensaries?...

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