GRAND HAVEN, MI – A third recreational marijuana dispensary has been approved in the city of Grand Haven.
A special use permit for a dispensary in a strip mall on 172nd Avenue was approved by the planning commission earlier this month.
The operator is Corunna Biz LLC, located in Birmingham. The business name shown on planning documents is Discount Buds.
The city currently has one recreational dispensary, New Standard, at 1125 S. Beacon Boulevard. That dispensary also provides medical marijuana.
Levels Cannabis is planning to construct a recreational dispensary at 1021 Jackson Street, for which it already has received city approval, Grand Haven Planning Director Brian Urquhart told MLive/Muskegon Chronicle.
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Rather than place a cap on the number of dispensaries allowed in the city, its ordinance has strict requirements on where they can be located.
Those include set distances from each other and from schools, libraries, parks, churches, day cares and substance use disorder programs. They also are restricted to particular zoned areas.
The city in July and August accepted applications for new dispensaries and Corunna Biz submitted the only one, Urquhart said. If there had been more than one application, a lottery would have been held to determine which could pursue city permitting first, he said.
More applications likely will be accepted in 2023, he said.
Corunna Biz will develop its dispensary in the 1,690-square-foot Suite F at 1830 172nd Avenue. Contact information listed on the city’s special use application for Corunna Biz is the same as that for property owner Stonegate Investment Properties.
That individual, Basil Shamoon, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MLive.
The Grand Haven City Council voted 3-2 to allow recreational marijuana dispensaries and other businesses. During debate of the measure, one council member accused another of having his vote “bought” by the cannabis industry and Mayor Catherine McNally warned that such a “community values” issue would sully the town’s character.
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