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Approved 6.5.24
<br /> 748 Adam Beeman: So let's just say we pass this, the Commissioners have passed it as is right now. What are
<br /> 749 the hurdles that accompany it?And is it just a foregone conclusion that they would be denied no matter what or
<br /> 750 is it opportunity that if they came in and went through all the hurdles to meet that Conditional District, is it actually
<br /> 751 feasible that they could be approved? Or are we just making it as difficult as possible just as a blanket, "we don't
<br /> 752 want'em and that's that," because if there's no actual way that they can get approved, then I'm not sure what
<br /> 753 we're doing. If there's a potential that someone could come in and meet all the obstacles and the hurdles and
<br /> 754 then say, "okay,you're approved,"then I could say let's move forward. I don't know why Hillsborough and Chapel
<br /> 755 Hill are going to have all these locations and you can put all the pressure on them you want, but Chapel Hill
<br /> 756 doesn't listen to the County. So if they'll continue to sell them all over the place and we're really regulating what
<br /> 757 little bit of land we can which probably never have a hemp or a retail store there to be begin with, so I just want to
<br /> 758 know if we go through with it, is there a way that someone could actually come to the Board and get approved, or
<br /> 759 there's no way, there's so many hurdles that it's never going to happen.
<br /> 760
<br /> 761 Cy Stober: So, we would give them the due process and ultimately that would be a decision of the
<br /> 762 Planning Board and the Commissioners. As a Conditional District, I wouldn't make a recommendation on the
<br /> 763 actual action, I would just make a recommendation on your review process and giving the applicant the due
<br /> 764 process. If you determine that they meet this, this standard, which is fairly straightforward, and they meet all the
<br /> 765 other development standards with their site plan, and there's no land use conflict in our determination and yours,
<br /> 766 then it would be difficult to find an objection to it, and it also needs to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan,
<br /> 767 and so, there are a number of references in the Comprehensive Plan to healthy lifestyles, so there it would be
<br /> 768 pretty easy to find an inconsistency there,just to kind of hash it out on the fly. To be honest, I don't know what the
<br /> 769 determination of the Planning Board and the Commissioners would be, but—
<br /> 770
<br /> 771 Adam Beeman: But they have an opportunity and I guess that's the big thing is if I come in and I meet all the
<br /> 772 requirements then you don't really have a leg to stand on unless you find some, like I said, some other reason,so
<br /> 773 you'd have to get creative and find a reason. Just long as there was an opportunity for them to go through the
<br /> 774 process and be approved or denied. Because at the end of the day, I get they don't want the use, and so we're
<br /> 775 not technically taking it away from them, they still have the opportunity to come and apply, and then to Beth's
<br /> 776 point, if they really wanted it they could just get creative and so, 51 percent paper mach6 and then other 49
<br /> 777 percent of their profit. They can get around it if they really wanted to, but you're trying' to make it as difficult as
<br /> 778 possible, so I guess that's where we're at.
<br /> 779
<br /> 780 Chairity Kirk: Do we want them to try and get around it though? They could have a candy store and then
<br /> 781 sell 49 percent.
<br /> 782
<br /> 783 Adam Beeman: We can't control that aspect, that's legally not our right to control.
<br /> 784
<br /> 785 Cy Stober: That's correct.
<br /> 786
<br /> 787 Chris Johnston: Technically,they'd still have to sell candy too, right, like the sales I think would have to be 51
<br /> 788 percent or whatever and at that point it's a different business.
<br /> 789
<br /> 790 Cy Stober: At that level of investigation, if we were charged with investigating non-conformance and/or
<br /> 791 violation of this use, then yeah, we'd have to get to that level and go through the records, yeah.
<br /> 792
<br /> 793 Beth Bronson: And I only meant that as I see more and more gas stations using their sale, their marketing
<br /> 794 and, and their availability of the vendor,just like a grocery store, they're renting out space to these hemp
<br /> 795 products and to the tobacco products for shelf space, and they're only going to be required to do it more if there's
<br /> 796 no actual dedicated facility to do that, and since we are a state that's not going to have liquor in the grocery store,
<br /> 797 you know, or even in a dedicated store for wine and liquor—I'm not saying'that I'm for or against it, I just find it to
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