[420 Girl]

Citing an unreasonable invasion of privacy, B.C. civic leaders defeated a Surrey initiative that sought to force medical marijuana growers to prove compliance with local bylaws.

Surrey wanted Ottawa to notify local cities when it licenses new local users and to make them prove their legal grow-ops are safe and meet electrical, fire and building codes.

The measure would have helped Surrey and other cities expand their use of fire code inspections to chase out illegal grow-ops.

Many medical marijuana users have more than just a couple of plants for personal use - sometimes unsafe commercial-scale plantations, Surrey Coun. Marvin Hunt told Union of B.C. Municipalities delegates.

But critics called the proposed measure unnecessary and unconstitutional.

Opponents said police can already get all the information they want from federal authorities.

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