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DAYTON — Dayton residents can voice their opinion about a proposed marijuana ordinance at a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the town office building. 
The proposed ordinance mandates that anyone who grows, cultivates, harvests, manages, processes, transfers, exchanges or distributes marijuana or any marijuana product, material or medication derived from marijuana in Dayton must register with the town, under the proposed ordinance. Under the proposed ordinance, licenses would have to be renewed annually. 
A license is not required for personal use of marijuana, as long as there is no associated growing, cultivating, harvesting, managing, processing, transferring, exchanging or distributing of marijuana or marijuana products, under the guidelines of the proposed ordinance. 
Any business, commercial enterprise or non-profit entity that grows, cultivates, harvests, manages, processes, transfers, exchanges or distributes marijuana or marijuana products from or within the town of Dayton must register with the town, under the guidelines of the proposed ordinance.
Under the proposed ordinance, licenses would have to be renewed annually. 
The growth, cultivation, harvesting, transfer or distribution of marijuana for any legally permitted third party must be done in the town’s commercial industrial zone, under terms of the proposed ordinance. 
It would require marijuana plants to be blocked from public view natural object, plants or a solid fence at least 6 feet high. 
Under the proposed ordinance anyone who fails to grow, cultivate, manage, exchange or distribute marijuana in the proper zone or with a license is subject to a $2500 fine on the first violation and higher for subsequent violations. and failure to display a license could result in a $500 fine. 
— Staff Writer Liz Gotthelf can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 325 or [email protected].


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