NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Franklin County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 9:00 am Pacific Standard Time in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room located in the Franklin County Courthouse at 1016 North 4th Avenue, Pasco, Washington, to take testimony on whether the moratorium imposed by Franklin County Ordinance No. 7-2013 should be extended for six months.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Franklin County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 9:00 am Pacific Standard Time in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room located in the Franklin County Courthouse at 1016 North 4th Avenue, Pasco, Washington, to take testimony on whether the moratorium imposed by Franklin County Ordinance No. 7-2013 should be extended for six months.

Pursuant to RCW 36.32.120(7) and RCW 36.70A.390, the Board of Franklin County Commissioners adopted an Ordinance No. 7-2013 Imposing a Six Month Moratorium on the Establishment, Location, Permitting, Licensing, or Operation of Marijuana Production, Processing, and Retail to the Extent Authorized by Initiative 502 or Applicable Law to allow for further study and public analysis. Subsequently Franklin County seeks public comment on whether the moratorium imposed by Ordinance 7-2013 should be extended six months, on any related impacts, and on any local regulation or issues thereto concerning activities governed by Initiative 502 in unincorporated Franklin County.

(Published February 27, 2014, in the Franklin County Graphic.)