City of Calgary begins reviewing cannabis store applications

Officials are weeding out the winners and the losers.

Starting Monday, the City of Calgary will start looking at approving or rejecting cannabis store applications.

The city began accepting applications in April, and 260 of those requests are now being reviewed.

Prospective pot shop owners had to get a business licence, development and building permits, a police check, and apply to the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission.

There is some competition: by-laws say pot stores must be 300 metres from each other, 150 metres from schools and shelters, and 30 metres way from places of worship, pawn shops and payday loan stores.

An interactive map shows clusters of requests in Kensington, the Beltline and on 17 Avenue.

The City’s Senior Project Lead Brand MacInnis will be answering questions Monday morning at City Hall about how the decisions will be made, and the appeal process.

There will also be an update on other steps the city will take to meet the October 17 federal deadline to legalize marijuana.

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