Wholesale marijuana facilities are allowed in the City of Poteau and must acquire a City permit for the facility from the City Clerk. The fee for a permit for a wholesale marijuana facility shall be one thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars ($1,875.00) per year. The fee shall be used to offset Municipal expenses covering costs related to licensing, inspection, administration and enforcement regarding wholesale marijuana facilities.
A. Wholesale marijuana facilities permits will not be granted to any applicants where the proposed location is located outside an Industrial zoned area of the corporate City limits of Poteau.
B. Wholesale marijuana facilities permits will not be granted to any applicants where the proposed location would be located within one thousand feet (1,000') of a private or public preschool, elementary, secondary, vocational or trade school, college or university or within three hundred feet (300') of any place of worship or religious assembly.
C. For the distance requirements outlined in this chapter, the distances described shall be computed by direct measurement in a straight line from the nearest property line of the parcel of land on which the use described in subsection A of this section is located to the nearest property line of the building or unit in which the proposed wholesale marijuana facility would be located.
D. Buildings where marijuana is stored or dispensed must be equipped with ventilation/air filtration systems so that no odors are detectable off premises.
E. The hours of operations shall be between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. to nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. Monday through Saturday. Operations shall be closed on Sundays as well as Christmas, Thanksgiving, July 4th and New Year's Day.
F. Any violations of this section will result in the revocation of the wholesale marijuana facilities permit. (Ord. 762, 9-20-2018; amd. Ord. 801, 6-7-2021)