City Council Agenda Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Attachment A ORDINANCE NO. ________ AN ORDINANCE ALLOWING THE LICENSING OF A RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA RETAIL FACILITY TO LOCATE LESS THAN 1000 FEET FROM LOOKING GLASSNEW ROADS SCHOOLAND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. ORS 475B.110(2)(d)provides that a recreational marijuanaretail store registered with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) pursuant to ORS475B.110 may not be located less than 1,000 feet of a public elementary orsecondary school for which attendance is compulsory under ORS 339.020,or aprivate or parochial elementary or secondary school teaching children asdescribed in ORS 339.030(1)(a). th B. GlassRoots. LLC, located at 980 W5Avenue, Eugene, Oregon, is a retail glass shop and has been working toward transitioning to a recreationalmarijuana retail store. GlassRoots submitted an application to OLCC in February of 2016 for a recreational marijuana retail license.Towardthe end of the application process, OLCC notified GlassRoots that an alternative school was located within 1000 feet of the establishment. All application issues must be resolved by February 1, 2017, or the application will be deniedand the application fee lost. th C. Looking Glass New Roads School (Looking Glass), located at 945W7Avenue, Eugene, Oregon,assists homeless youthwith basic needs suchas food, clothingand showers. In addition, Looking Glass provides street outreach services, case management services (transitional living plan, assistance finding housing, etc.), an education program, behavioral health services (mental health and substance abuse treatment, dual diagnosis treatment), and employment guidance (e.g. résumépreparation, job searching, etc.). D. The 2016 Legislature adopted SB 1511. Section 29b of that legislation provides that a city or county may adopt an ordinance that allows a recreational marijuana retailer to be located less than 1000 feet for a school provided that (1) the retailer has a license from OLCC and is located more than 500 feet from the school, and (2) the city or county determines that a physical or geographic barrier exists separating the retail store from the school. th E. GlassRoots is locatedeast of Blair Blvd., south of W5Avenue, at the intersection thth of Blair Blvd.andW5Avenue.Looking Glass is located west of Blair Blvd., north of W7 th Avenue, near the intersection of Blair Blvd.and W7Avenue.The distance of pedestrian travel from the door of Looking Glass to the door of GlassRoots is approximately 1200feet(per GEODart). As the crow flies, the distance from door to door is approximately 700 feet, and the distance between the closest property corners is approximately 420 feet. The two facilities are thth locatedon opposite sides of Blair Blvd. and of W6Avenue. West 6Avenue is a four lane “major” arterial, with average daily traffic of 30,000.Geographically, there are two fenced properties along the pedestrian route between GlassRoots and Looking Glasslimiting direct access between the two facilities.In addition, the two facilities are not within line of sight of each Ordinance -Page 1of 2