The Omaha City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to approve zoning restrictions and other regulations for medical cannabis dispensaries.
Under the regulations, dispensaries and other cannabis businesses like manufacturers, producers and transporters, will not be permitted to operate in residential areas. Cannabis consumption will not be allowed onsite at any cannabis businesses, and they must open no earlier than 8 a.m. and close no later than 11 p.m.
The regulations do not make any changes to the city’s zoning code. At a brief public hearing last week, representatives with the city’s legal department explained the zoning restrictions that will be in effect for the four different types of licenses: Dispensary, cultivator, manufacturer and transporter…