LYNNWOOD—At its upcoming Business Meeting at 6 p.m., September 8, the City of Lynnwood will be holding a Public Hearing on Retail Cannabis to receive public input regarding an ordinance to amend the municipal code that will permit retail cannabis in specific zones and with limitations within the city limits of Lynnwood. A Public Hearing is also scheduled on September 8 for input on the City of Lynnwood annexing Edmonds School District’s Old Alderwood Middle School property located at 20000 28th Ave W, Lynnwood.
As of today, there are no recreational cannabis stores within Lynnwood city limits, despite four licenses (or title-certificates) allocated to the city by the state. All four of these licenses, which are issued by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, are accounted for by individuals who must wait for the city’s approval before they are reinstated as retail licenses. Additional licenses could be awarded to the city in the future if it raises the allowable retailers.
There are, however, retail cannabis stores nearby Lynnwood whose official border jurisdictions fall within unincorporated Snohomish County.
Washington State voters approved I-502 in 2012, which legalized the production, processing, and retail sales of cannabis…