Planning Commission recommends banning marijuana in Medical Lake

The Medical Lake Planning Commission ended its talks about marijuana at its Oct. 30 meeting. The commission voted 4-1, to forward an ordinance to City Council that prohibits the production, process and sale of marijuana within the city limits. Commissioner Wayne Ueda was the dissenting vote.

City Administrator Doug Ross presented two ordinances to the commission at the meeting: the one Planning Commission recommended, and another that allowed recreational marijuana facilities in the light industrial area on South Graham Road where the old Nike Missile site was located.

Ross said Washington Sta...