The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board voted 6-1 to recommend the City Council amend a chapter of the Mesa city code that would increase the permitted maximum floor area at dispensaries and remove the delivery restriction that was previously exclusively available to medical marijuana patients at its May 28 meeting.

Boardmember Jamie Blakeman was absent.

The amendments will remove a provision that limits delivery exclusively to medical marijuana dispensaries serving qualifying patients, increase the maximum size of medical marijuana dispensaries and dual-licensee facilities from 2,500 to 5,000 square feet and remove specific requirements for storage area limitations and dedicated interior waiting areas.

According to a staff report, the size increase and storage limitation changes provide gre

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