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A Butte County ordinance aimed at limiting the number a medical marijuana plants on a property based on acreage is now on hold less than 12 hours before it was scheduled to go into effect.
Opponents of the bill delivered four boxes of signed petitions to Butte County officials Wednesday afternoon totaling more than 12,000 signatures. The ordinance that was scheduled to go into effect Thursday, but has been suspended until the clerk-recorder examines the petitions to determine if at least 7,600 of the signatures are valid.
The ordinance would allow for no more than six plants for one and a half acres or less and no more than 99 on lots bigger than 160 acres.
If the referendum is certified, the board of supervisors will have several options moving forward.
"They can either repeal the ordinance altogether, or they can say let the people decide at the next election. So that's the kind of choice the board will have in the next few weeks," Deputy Butte County Administrator Sang Kim said.
Before the clerk-recorder can begin checking the petitions her department must process hundreds of voter registration forms that have been dropped off at the office in the past few days.
If it does go to the ballot it will be paired with either the special election Governor Jerry Brown is hoping for or the June primary next year.
A Butte County ordinance aimed at limiting the number a medical marijuana plants on a property based on acreage is now on hold less than 12 hours before it was scheduled to go into effect.
Opponents of the bill delivered four boxes of signed petitions to Butte County officials Wednesday afternoon totaling more than 12,000 signatures. The ordinance that was scheduled to go into effect Thursday, but has been suspended until the clerk-recorder examines the petitions to determine if at least 7,600 of the signatures are valid.
The ordinance would allow for no more than six plants for one and a half acres or less and no more than 99 on lots bigger than 160 acres.
If the referendum is certified, the board of supervisors will have several options moving forward.
"They can either repeal the ordinance altogether, or they can say let the people decide at the next election. So that's the kind of choice the board will have in the next few weeks," Deputy Butte County Administrator Sang Kim said.
Before the clerk-recorder can begin checking the petitions her department must process hundreds of voter registration forms that have been dropped off at the office in the past few days.
If it does go to the ballot it will be paired with either the special election Governor Jerry Brown is hoping for or the June primary next year.