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The Boston Planning & Development Agency held a virtual public meeting on Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 6:00 PM–7:30 PM to present proposed amendments to the Boston Zoning Code. The proposed amendments make regulatory changes around the definitions, approval, and regulation of cannabis establishments, by adjusting buffer requirements to Cannabis Establishments to match the state's requirement for a 500 foot buffer from school entrances and removing the current additional restriction of requiring a half-mile buffer between establishments in the City. For clarification, both the Boston Cannabis Board and Zoning Board of Appeal will continue to require approval before any establishments can open in the city. Additionally, the Boston Cannabis Board will still take a half-mile buffer into account when considering the locations of applicants. This zoning change would only remove it from the zoning code itself.

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The draft text amendment can be found here, and includes annotations explaining the reasoning behind each specific change being proposed.

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