Cheney loses 'game arcade' dispute

Hearing Examiner’s decision clears way for city’s first medical marijuana dispensary

The first medicinal marijuana dispensary in Cheney is scheduled to open up in early January 2015, but not without some opposition from the city.

The owners of 3 Green Thumbs, LLC, filed an application Oct. 6 to locate a dispensary in 900 feet of retail space at the Farmer’s and Merchant’s Center at the corner of First Street and Cheney-Spokane Road. The area is zoned C-2 commercial, and the dispensary is a compatible use in such zoning per the city’s marijuana ordinance passed earlier this year.

The only criteria 3 Green Thumbs did not meet was one mandated by the city, and by the state Liquor...

 

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