The Bad Axe City Council has once again received requests for changing its ordinances to allow marijuana businesses, but it allowed further research into the matter this time around.
Bad Axe City Manager Rob Stiverson and Police Chief David Rothe both said the city had received inquiries about turning three empty buildings into different marijuana facilities.
The three buildings in question are the former Pepper’s Restaurant on North Van Dyke Road, a former laundromat at the corner of Huron Avenue and Buffalo Street, and the former Thumb Industries building along Sand Beach Road. The inquiries were about turning the former restaurant and laundromat into recreational dispensaries while the former Thumb Industries building was proposed as a growing site.
Rothe said that when the city first voted against allowing marijuana businesses, he felt that was the right decision due to security and legal issues of the time. Since then, the former laundromat building’s owner has contacted the council every year asking it to reconsider.
“In my opinion, a lot of the problems that were around five to six years ago are not around anymore,” Rothe said. “I think eventually, one’s going to be in Bad Axe. Whether its next year, three years, five years has yet to be determined. Now it’s no different than going into a liquor store and picking out a bottle…
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The Bad Axe City Council has once again received requests for changing its ordinances to allow marijuana businesses, but it allowed further research into the matter this time around.
Bad Axe City Manager Rob Stiverson and Police Chief David Rothe both said the city had received inquiries about turning three empty buildings into different marijuana facilities.
The three buildings in question are the former Pepper’s Restaurant on North Van Dyke Road, a former laundromat at the corner of Huron Avenue and Buffalo Street, and the former Thumb Industries building along Sand Beach Road. The inquiries were about turning the former restaurant and laundromat into recreational dispensaries while the former Thumb Industries building was proposed as a growing site.
Rothe said that when the city first voted against allowing marijuana businesses, he felt that was the right decision due to security and legal issues of the time. Since then, the former laundromat building’s owner has contacted the council every year asking it to reconsider.
“In my opinion, a lot of the problems that were around five to six years ago are not around anymore,” Rothe said. “I think eventually, one’s going to be in Bad Axe. Whether its next year, three years, five years has yet to be determined. Now it’s no different than going into a liquor store and picking out a bottle…
