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Adult Use Marijuana – What are the Options?

Complete Prohibition

• Easton as a Town voted against the

recreational marijuana referendum initiative in 2016

• By majority vote at Town Meeting,

Easton can vote to prohibit all uses

• Adopt general bylaw prohibiting
• Amend zoning bylaw to prohibit as use

Allow all or some uses

• Decide what uses
• Amend general laws accordingly
• Amend zoning Bylaw accordingly

Adult Use Marijuana

Steps to Prohibition

• Warrant Articles prohibiting all

uses – majority vote

• General bylaw – majority vote
• Prohibit public consumption
• Zoning Bylaw – 2/3 majority vote
• prohibiting all establishments
• Warrant Article to allow all uses,

except retail

• General bylaw – majority vote
• Prohibit retail
• Prohibit public consumption
• Require local license
• Zoning Bylaw - 2/3 majority vote
• Prohibit retail
• Define Adult Use Marijuana Overlay

District

Steps to All but Retail

Article to amend general bylaw prohibiting all uses/establishments Move to Zoning Article prohibiting all uses/establishments Article to allow all uses/establishments, except retail Move to Zoning Article allowing all uses/establishments Town cannot prohibit any uses or establishments Fails Fails Passes Passes