Mill Valley pot business proposed just outside city limits - Marin Independent Journal

A Mill Valley city ordinance prohibits cannabis dispensaries from opening up shop within city limits, but there is no law preventing one from operating on the city’s doorstep.

The proprietors of Elite Herbs Inc., one of four entities that won a license from the county through a lottery to deliver medical cannabis, has proposed to open its operation at 25 Evergreen Ave. The mostly residential street is just around the corner from the Whole Foods Market on Miller Avenue.

The application is set to go before the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 25.

In an email, Michael Callahan, CEO of Elite Herbs, said the company is a small, private, local group that previously operated as a medical collective for more than five years in Marin, accumulating more than 4,000 patients.

“We have been working on this for a very long time,” Callahan said. “We finally see a light at the end of the tunnel and are excited to serve the Marin County community again with the same high standards we have always had.”

The location right at the Mill Valley border raises several questions for Mayor Jim Wickham.

“Our concern in the community is that that Tam High School is only blocks away,” Wickham said.

“Why is this location under consideration when it’s right on our property line?” he continued. “We can’t prohibit the county from doing this but we’ll be sure to ask the right questions.”

The county ordinance governing the process, adopted in November 2017, allows the county to issue two to four licenses to deliver medical cannabis only from business addresses located in unincorporated Marin. In addition to Elite Herbs, the others are Buttercup and Spring, Express2You Inc. and Mohave Distribution LLC.

The Board of Supervisors picked the four dispensaries in June and the next month granted the first license to Express2You. It will be at 76 San Pablo Ave. near the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael.

Buttercup & Spring plans to operate at 7 Mount Lassen Drive in Lucas Valley. Mohave Distribution is still seeking an address, said Inge Lundegaard, the county’s cannabis program manager.

The county has set standards for which addresses could be considered for approval. The businesses cannot be within a 600-foot radius of a school, day care center, youth center or playground.

“There are local ordinances and state regulations that these business have to comply with,” Lundegaard said.

Addressing the concerns raised by Wickham, Callahan said the business will be closed to the public and have strong security systems. He also said the dispensary is a delivery-only company, customers will need a doctor’s recommendation and no one under the age of 18 would be served.

Lundergaard said the company’s application checks all the right boxes.

“I’m recommending approval for meeting the standards,” she said.

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