Hello Ward 8 Neighbours,
The Public Notice period has started for a cannabis retailer looking to open a retail store at 945 Upper James St. in Ward 8.
For more details, please continue reading below…
The City provided an update to the Ward 8 office, indicating that a Notice of Application for a Cannabis Retail Store Authorization was received for Mountain Cannabis, which would utilize 945 Upper James St. as its retail location (Upper James and Hester).
With this news, residents in Ward 8 can have their say on this proposed location.
From now until June 15, residents can file a written response to the proposed location by following this link.
After the 15 day period, any written submissions will be copied and delivered to the applicant who then has a 5 day window to respond to the written submissions. Within 15 days of that, the Registrar will make an authorization decision.
As cannabis retail locations are a provincial matter, it will be the Province which has the final say over authorization of any cannabis retailers in the City of Hamilton.
However, when the City of Hamilton authorized cannabis retail within the City, Council set several priorities for cannabis retail locations.
The proposed location at 945 Upper James fails three out of seven of the City’s cannabis retail location priorities: proximity to school (Ridgemount Elementary School), proximity to parks (Ridgemount Park) and proximity to recreation centre (Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena).
If you want more information about proposed cannabis locations in Hamilton, click here.
To submit a written submission about this proposed location, please click here.
Questions or concerns?
If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact our office here.