The City of Vancouver has revealed the first list of marijuana dispensaries to emerge from its declustering process with a golden ticket to remain in business.
Five of 11 shops that entered the first round of lotteries are allowed to remain open and proceed to the next phase of the city’s application process for a marijuana-related business licence.
When councillors voted to adopt a regulatory framework for marijuana dispensaries, in June 2015, one of the rules they passed states cannabis storefronts cannot stand within 300 metres of one another.
The declustering process is the city’s attempt to thin out groups of two or more shops standing within those buffer zones.
The six shops that lost out in this round of the lottery now have to close within six months or move to a new location and file fresh paperwork to begin the licensing process again.
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