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The vast majority of people who filled out Hancock’s online survey about recreational marijuana support the general concept of allowing it to be grown and sold commercially within the city.
Results of the poll were presented by Mayor Pro Tem Will Lytle at last night’s Hancock City Council meeting.
70 percent of the 113 respondents said they either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with the idea. 27 percent opposed the recreational marijuana business, and three percent were undecided. The poll was not scientific. The survey remains available on the city website for comments.
The result of the public survey contrasts with an internal survey taken by the Hancock Downtown Development Authority.
63 percent of the DDA members who responded want the city to remain opted-out of the state’s marijuana program. If the city were to opt in, 60 percent of the DDA members don’t want retail operations to be allowed in the downtown area, and 80 percent don’t want growers and processors located downtown.
The initial proposal by the city’s ad hoc marijuana committee was to opt in, and use zoning laws to locate all marijuana businesses in the downtown corridor. That proposal has not been acted on, as council members gather more feedback from the community.
