The Detroit City Council plans to take up a new medical marijuana ordinance .
The ordinance would regulate how marijuana dispensaries and related operations would be approved in the city.
Under the new ordinance prospective owners of medical marijuana facilities are invited to offer community benefits as part of their application for approval, cap the number of medical marijuana dispensaries at 75, clarify the city’s spacing and “drug-free zone” requirements drawn into question by the 2017 ballot initiative and allow the city to locally approve four additional types of medical marijuana facilities for growing, testing, transporting and processing.
If the ordinance is approved, new rules would be established to clarify zoning and space regulations.
Council member James Tate proposed the ordinance.