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LIMA TWP., MI — Voters in Lima Township rejected a proposal to allow marijuana businesses in the township at the polls Tuesday, Nov. 4. A citizen-initiated ballot proposal to direct the Lima Township Board of Trustees to amend a local ordinance failed with 875 “no” votes and 414 “yes” votes. Commercial marijuana establishments will remain prohibited in the township near Chelsea and Dexter. As proposed, the change to local rules would have allowed two of each type of marijuana business defined by the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act of 2018. That would include two retailers, two Class-C grow operations, two microbusinesses, two processing facilities, two safety compliance facilities and two secure transporters. Township officials would have been allowed to amend the township’s ordinance, but they would not have been able to prohibit marijuana businesses. A citizen’s ballot initiative group, Citizens of Lima for Cannabis, collected signatures from residents and succeeded in getting it on the ballot. It follows a previously filed federal lawsuit against the township and officials, which was later dropped. Want more Ann Arbor-area news? Bookmark the local Ann Arbor news page.
