City Council Delays Action on Malibu Pot Sales Law

• Planners Seek More Time to Study Thorny Matter

BY BILL KOENEKER

The Malibu City Council put off making any decision this week about allowing the operation of marijuana dispensaries in the municipality after the staff asked for more time.
The planning commission brushed aside planners’ calls for a complete ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and insisted on a recommendation for an alternative ordinance that would allow at least three cannabis outlets within city limits.
The planning panelists attached a number of conditions and performance standards to the limit of three that would be allowed.
The matter was scheduled to be heard this week by the council, but the staff is seeking until the end of the month in order to further analyze the alterative ordinance suggested by the commissioners and to recirculate environmental documents.