Proposed cannabis bylaw deemed too restrictive, sent back for revision
Red Deer city council needs more time to come to a consensus on what specific regulations should exist around retail cannabis sales.
Following a short public hearing in which a handful of speakers voiced concerns that proposed 300 metre setbacks were too restrictive or not appropriate, councillors put forth numerous amendments to decrease those separations.
This led council to ask administration to compile a report within four weeks on what the impacts of each proposed amendment would be. They include changing setbacks between cannabis stores and schools, daycares, indoor recreation facilities, hospital and healthcare facilities, and other cannabis stores.
Commercial retailer Brett Salomons spoke during the public hearing, stating his disbelief in the notion that keeping cannabis stores away from schools will prevent people, namely youth, from accessing them.