[420 Girl]

A proposed marijuana dispensary that would have opened within sight of the Sheriff's Department headquarters on Antelope Boulevard has been halted.

The facility would have opened just outside of city limits, putting it under the jurisdiction of the sheriff and the county, which voted Sept. 16 to ban dispensaries for at least 45 days.

Tehama County Sheriff Clay Parker said Friday he had spoken to what would have been the dispensary owner and the owner's landlord about the legal ramifications of the dispensary. The warnings appear to be enough to stop the project.

Just how the county would deal with such a facility is unclear, though Undersheriff Dennis Garton has compared the situation to a vehicle abatement ordinance the county passed. Under the ordinance, the County Code Enforcement officer, a position the county no longer maintains, would be tasked with identifying the owner of abandoned cars and serving the owner a citation.

Garton said he did not know the name of the potential owner.

Both Parker and Tehama County officials have said the county's ban is supposed to be limited to storefront-style dispensaries, rather than small collectives that grow marijuana for an exclusive group.

Parker has previously indicated storefront-style dispensaries could face additional prosecution on a state level.

According to Parker, small collectives that grow marijuana for an exclusive group of patients are legal under Prop. 215, but not storefront dispensaries retailing to anyone with a medical marijuana recommendation, despite dispensaries operating in Corning and Anderson and local opposition from medical marijuana advocates.


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