Residents in College Park are glad that there will be one less marijuana facility in their neighborhood after the county denied a variance application Thursday.
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Orange County Zoning Board denied a C-2 application variance from Plants of Ruskin LLC because it would have been too close to two high schools, Edgewater High and Bishop Moore High Schools.
The medical marijuana facility company asked the county to allow a separation distance of 338 ft. between the facility and a high school instead of 500 ft.
“Rules are rules 500 feet is 500 feet. It’s as simple as that,” said Billie Wargo, College Park Resident.
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The facility would have transformed an old Amscot building on Edgewater Drive and Dowd Avenue in unincorporated Orange County College Park into a medical marijuana facility.
School board leaders showed support to the community during Thursday’s zoning meeting.