would restrict cannabis businesses to industrial zones, mandate that they be 2,500 feet away from land for day care or school uses and require building-mounted signs.
“Some communities will not have to worry about this, but the quality of stores we get are not the same,” she said. “Questions of quality and oversaturation come up.” The council will consider grandfathering in existing dispensaries when it reconvenes in the fall, she added. Democratic council members Edward Burroughs III , Wala Blegay and Eric C. Olson also sponsored the bill.
Anthony McAuliffe, deputy communications director for county executive Angela D. Alsobrooks said the office is still reviewing the legislation and has not yet taken a position on it.Maryland became the 21st state to make recreational cannabis sales legal. Legalization allowed for customers 21 and older with government-issued identification to purchase THC products such as edibles, pre-rolled joints and dried flower as of July 1.