LEGAL NOTICE OF DECISION

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting held on September 2, 2021, the Westport Planning and Zoning Commission took the following action:
 

1. ADOPTED AS MODIFIED: Text Amendment #799: Appl. #PZ-00597 submitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission to add definitions in §5-2 of the Westport Zoning Regulations for “Cannabis” and “Cannabis Establishments;” to modify the definition for “Dispensary Facility,” and rename the definition to “Medical Dispensary Facility;” and to add a new section to §31, Regulations Applying to All Districts, entitled §31-16, “Prohibition on Cannabis Establishments,” prohibiting “Cannabis Establishments,” with the exception of “Medical Dispensary Facilities,” in all zoning districts in the Town of Westport. A copy of the approved text amendment is available on-line at www.westportct.gov is on file in the Westport Town Clerk’s Office and is on file in the Westport Planning and Zoning Office. EFFECTIVE: September 15, 2021.
2. APPROVED:4 Blue Chip Lane: Coastal Area Management Site Plan Appl.#PZ-21-00442 submitted by Andy Soumelidis, LANDTECH for property owned by Justin & Lauren Walters for construction of a new single-family residence, pool, patio, and driveway and to find consistency with the coastal area management act, for property located in the Residence A zone, PID#A02018000.

Dated at Westport, Connecticut this 10^th day of September 2021 Danielle Dobin, Chairman, Planning and Zoning Commission.

Text Amendment #799 

Submitted: 7/29/21

Revised: 7/30/21

Received: 9/2/21

                                                                                                                        Public Hearing: 9/2/21

Adopted as Modified: 9/2/21

Effective date: 9/15/21

Deleted language is [struck out and in brackets]; New language is underlined;                         Modifications are underlined and in Red.

From §5-2, Specific Terms

Medical Dispensary Facility

[A place of business where marijuana may be dispensed or sold at retail to qualifying patients and primary caregivers for which the Department of Consumer Protection has issued a dispensary facility license to an applicant under §21a-408 to §21a-408q, inclusive of the Connecticut General Statutes and §21a-408 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.]

A “Medical Dispensary Facility” constitutes a “Dispensary Facility” as that term is defined in Section 1 of Public Act No. 21-1 of the June 2021 Special Session:  A place of business where cannabis may be dispensed, sold or distributed in accordance with chapter 420f of the general statutes and any regulations adopted thereunder, to qualifying patients and caregivers, and to which the department [of consumer protection] has issued a dispensary facility license under chapter 420f of the general statutes and any regulations adopted thereunder.

Cannabis

“Cannabis” means marijuana, as defined in section 21a–240 of the general statutes.

Cannabis Establishments

“Cannabis Establishment” means a producer, medical dispensary facility, cultivator, micro-cultivator, retailer, hybrid retailer, food and beverage manufacturer, product manufacturer, product packager, delivery service or transporter, as those terms are defined in Section 1 of Public Act No. 21-1 of the June 2021 Special Session (“medical dispensary facility” constitutes a “dispensary facility” under Public Act No. 21-1). 

From §31, Regulations Applying to All Districts

§31-16, Prohibition on Cannabis Establishments

Prohibition:

In accordance with the authority granted under Section 148 of Public Act No. 21-1 of the June 2021 Special Session, “An Act Concerning Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis,” all Cannabis Establishments, with the exception of Medical Dispensary Facilities, are prohibited in all zoning districts in the Town of Westport.

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