Rifle could soon see the expansion of a marijuana grow business as well as construction of additional apartment units.
The Rifle Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved Tuesday recommendations for city council to consider a conditional use permit and a zone change for two applicants.
City council will now decide whether to approve a conditional use permit for a local marijuana cultivation site looking to expand its operation south of Interstate 70 as well as a zone change for a developer looking to transform a part of a building occupied by a church and a real estate office into a new apartment complex.
Grow operation
Green Medicine LLC owner Dan Sullivan requested that the Rifle Planning and Zoning Commission recommend to city council that they allow his marijuaina cultivation site to expand. The addition could bring in as much as $75,000 more in annual tax revenues to the city, Sullivan said.
Located in a light industrial zone south of Interstate 70, the site, which…
