AUGUSTA — Registered medical marijuana caregivers would have to obtain licenses from the city, have their indoor grow areas inspected by an electrician and, if they live in a zoning district that is primarily residential, move out and relocate to a nonresidential zone or stop growing for their patients within two years, under proposed local medical marijuana rules discussed by city councilors Thursday.
The rules include no provisions for adult use recreational marijuana sales, processing or growing, which means no sales of recreational marijuana would be allowed anywhere in Augusta.
City officials said a majority of councilors already made it clear, including in an informal straw poll in January, they do not want to allow any sales of marijuana in Augusta other than medical marijuana.
