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July 28, 2010

Augusta medical district hearing reset

By Keith Edwards kedwards@centralmaine.com
Staff Writer

AUGUSTA — A proposed zone change which could allow a medical marijuana dispensary to locate at a site in north Augusta did not face the scrutiny of a public hearing Tuesday night.

The Augusta Planning Board was scheduled to hold a public hearing on the proposed zoning change, but other agenda items Tuesday took so long to discuss planners decided to reschedule the hearing.

In June, city councilors approved medical marijuana dispensary zoning rules which limit the location of such facilities to the city's medical district.

The district surrounds the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care and proposed site of a new MaineGeneral Medical Center hospital off Old Belgrade Road in north Augusta. The Planning Board is currently considering a proposal to expand the medical district to include a larger area of land along Old Belgrade Road.

The proposed expanded zone would include a 10 Middle Road property at Old Belgrade Road that Northeast Patients Group is considering as a potential site for a regional medical marijuana dispensary.

Board members, at just past 10 p.m. Tuesday, decided to reschedule the public hearing on the medical district change to their Aug. 10 meeting.

 

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