Burlington says new proposed cannabis store falls short of city guidelines
Published September 21, 2020 at 8:36 pm
The City of Burlington says an application to open a new cannabis store falls short of guidelines set by council.
The City of Burlington says an application to open a new cannabis store falls short of guidelines set by council.
On Sept. 21, the city announced that the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has received an application for a 15th cannabis retail store in Burlington called Verde Luv Inc.
The city says the proposed location at 1900 Walkers Line, which is now up for public comment, might be too close to another proposed location to comply with city standards.
“This application does not meet the City of Burlington council approved guidelines. A previous application, currently under review by the AGCO, for a 14th cannabis retail store in Burlington has a proposed location at 3505 Upper Middle Rd., Unit D003 and is within 500m of this applicant’s location,” the city said in a news release.
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“This is ‘clustering’ which is discouraged; each applicant should propose a location that is at least more than 500m from another cannabis retail store in Burlington.”
The city says that written comments about the proposed location will be received by the AGCO until Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, and may be submitted online. The AGCO will accept submissions from residents and the city itself.
After Oct. 4, the AGCO will consider all written comments and available information to decide whether the application for the proposed store location will be approved.
Currently, there are eight licensed cannabis retail stores in Burlington, including three approved since the ACGO moved to an open licensing system for cannabis retail store applications earlier this year.
Six additional cannabis retail stores are under review by the AGCO and one is out for comment, including this one.
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