An influential business group has asked West Palm Beach to impose a six-month moratorium on the approval of more medical marijuana dispensaries in the downtown area.
The Downtown Development Authority, a 55-year-old independent taxing group that represents downtown business owners, said in a letter to city officials that “the proliferation of this type of business has a deleterious effect on the area by sending the wrong message about our community, creates a negative perception of our place, and prevents other, more beneficial types of businesses from opening.”
The DDA’s letter, written by the group’s executive director, Raphael Clemente, notes that dispensaries are “not generally open to the public, have windows and doors that do not attract, or are not welcoming to, the public.”
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![MedMen medical marijuana dispensary at 539 Clematis Street in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 5, 2019. [GREG LOVETT/palmbeachpost.com]](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/33e099629e239ed0602733fd253050a7cc4f3c21/c=0-266-5100-3135/local/-/media/2020/07/27/PalmBeachPost/ghows_gallery_ei-LK-200519779-4f9ad48c.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Multiple efforts to reach medical marijuana dispensaries in West Palm Beach via telephone and email were unsuccessful.
Clemente laid out the DDA’s position on medical marijuana dispensaries to City Commission members last week. The commission took no action on the group’s request, which is being reviewed by the city attorney.
In 2016, Florida voters approved an amendment to the state…
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