Snohomish County enacts sweeping pot growing ban

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Harrison Lee Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Snohomish County enacts sweeping pot growing ban</h1>
                <h2><p>Many aspiring marijuana business owners are outraged and prepared to sue after a vote by the Snohomish County Council Wednesday to ban marijuana growing in many rural areas, reports KIING 5. Snohomish County initially allowed for large producers and processors to operate in the areas where one house is allowed</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/harrison-lee-crosscut-com/">Harrison Lee</a></p> 
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            <p>Many aspiring <a href="http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/05/07/marijuana-growers-lawsuit-snohomish-county/70937436/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">marijuana business owners are outraged</a> and prepared to sue after a vote by the Snohomish County Council Wednesday to ban marijuana growing in many rural areas, reports KIING 5. Snohomish County initially allowed for large producers and processors to operate in the areas where one house is allowed every five acres, but enacted a moratorium after residents began to complain.  Jamie Curtismith, a consultant who represents growers impacted by the new ban, says that 103 operators have plans to move into the so-called R-5 zones, and nearly three dozen have received a license from the State Liquor Control Board.</p>
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Many aspiring marijuana business owners are outraged and prepared to sue after a vote by the Snohomish County Council Wednesday to ban marijuana growing in many rural areas, reports KIING 5. Snohomish County initially allowed for large producers and processors to operate in the areas where one house is allowed every five acres, but enacted a moratorium after residents began to complain. Jamie Curtismith, a consultant who represents growers impacted by the new ban, says that 103 operators have plans to move into the so-called R-5 zones, and nearly three dozen have received a license from the State Liquor Control Board.

By Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at Seattle Academy. He has had journalistic experience working with Microsoft in Bangalore, India. In Seattle, he produced an investigat